photograph of Rifat Mehmet Ali no. 041

Street photograph of Rifat Mehmet Ali (1915-1990), taken about 1940. He wears a white shirt, a dark-coloured jacket and black breeches (kara dizlik). The jacket has a breast pocket, in which there is a watch with its chain hanging down and attached to one of the jacket´s buttonholes. A Tripoli sash (tarabulus kuşak/guşak) appears around his waist. His hand-knitted patterned stockings are tied with a string just below the knees, and his shoes are plain and flat (kuntura). The attire is completed with a high Ottoman fez (Osmanlı fesi) with a laced headscarf (yemeni) around it.