Engin looks at the horizon All Engin Akyürek's photos from the Marie Claire Man's (june 20,22) photo shooting are fantastic. The “punctum”(1) in all of them it's the whole! But this photo is the one that best illustrates Roland Barthes's (2) definition of “punctum”. Standing, almost full-length, head slightly turned to the left, on a sandy beach, staring at a distant point that we don't see but we assume to be far away on the horizon line, where the sea meets the sky... Shirt and pants in a slightly dry olive green, fabric flowing and rippling in the wind, covering a body that can only be guessed at... In addition to the visual impact of Engin himself, there is the impact of Engin's gaze “outside the field”, beyond what our gaze reaches. We look at the photograph, we see Engin but not what he sees. And that's the “punctum”of the “punctum”! What hurts/impresses the...