Photograph of Ömer Hacıali no. 005

Photograph of a wealthy man, Ömer Hacıali. He was born on 15th May 1888 and died in 1980. The photograph was taken not later than 1917 in Ahmet Şevki’s studio. The man stands resting his left hand on a high corner table on which is a vase with roses of different colours. Ömer has short hair and a moustache. He wears a rigid Ottoman fes (fez, turk. Osmanlı durulla fes) with a yemeni (headscarf) around its lower part, decorated with lace; the pattern consists of narcissus (nergiz) flowers. His attire is traditional, composed of a silk gömlek (shirt), şalvar (heavily pleated breeches) made of blue broadcloth (çufa/ turk. çuha) and a silk multi-coloured guşak (sash, turk. kuşak) around the waist. His köstekli saat (watch) is hidden in the waist guşak (sash, kuşak) but its chain hangs down in front on the right side. The çorap (stockings), which reach up to the knees, are hand-knitted and bear the coffee cup (fincan) pattern on a white background. The front part of the black ankle boots (a shoe-like galosh with instep and leg of a differ­ent material) is covered with a light-coloured part. These boots are described as making a creaking noise (kapalı gıcırdaklı potin). In his right hand he holds a ipek mendil (silk handkerchief). The photograph was hand-coloured at a later stage; the gömlek (shirt) was painted light blue.