Exhibition on air: Turkish Red Crescent's 'Seven Faces of Humanity'

Hot air balloons rise to the sky one by one in Türkiye's Cappadocia, to display the Turkish Red Crescent's (Kızılay) "Seven Faces of Humanity" photograph exhibition, uniting world citizens through art.

Artworks displayed on the baskets of hot air balloons, Göreme, Cappadocia, Türkiye, Nov. 4, 2022. (AA Photo)

The region hosted many hot air balloons, carrying seven different portrait photographs of people from seven different parts of the world.

Photos printed on 3-meter cloth posters rose to the sky one after the other, taking off in the Meskendere Valley in Göreme. Large-size prints helped observers view the details of human expressions.

Through the exhibition, the Turkish Red Crescent aimed to emphasize kindness and solidarity on the occasion of Red Crescent Week, displaying seven different faces from seven different geographies of the world.

The number seven appears as a nod to the Turkish Red Crescent's seven principles to keep human dignity alive.

Cappadocia, as a home to different civilizations blended with tolerance throughout history, was an iconic place for the exhibition to be displayed.