About
He is a Turkish & Portuguese photographer living in Istanbul/Turkey. After he finished his first photography education in 2015, he took part in the various projects and ateliers of photography. In 2020, he graduated from Anadolu University Photography and Videography. He has won more than 1.000 awards in international contests and international photography groups. He has been honoured with the EFIAP (Excellence FIAP) distinction by FIAP. He is selected administrator to 4 international photography groups. His photography were exhibited in 26 national and 54 international exhibitions held in Bulgaria (4), France, Germany (2), Greece (27), Italy (4), Japan, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland (3), Turkey, Ukraine (3), United Kingdom (3) and USA (2), including a solo exhibition in Athens/Greece. His photos were exhibited at the 120. Salon d'Automne Paris/France, at the photoSCHWEIZ 24 in Zurich/Switzerland, at the16th ci contemporary istanbul in Turkey, at the 6th Antiparos International Photo Festival, at the 3rd Photosphere International Photography Festival, at the 5th & 6th & 7th Chania International Photo Festival, at the 1st & 2nd B&W Athens Photography Festival and at the Photopolis Festival "Parenthoods" in Greece, and at the London Photo Festival 2021 in UK at which he was the public vote winner, and at the 12th & 13th Florence Biennial in Italy at which he won the "Lorenzo il Magnifico" award for photography. His photos are published in 20 photobooks & photo albums and magazines. Many works of him are owned by galleries and private art collectors.
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Motto
"Free your soul with photography"
Education
Istanbul University Faculty of Letters English Language and Literature
Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration Marketing Program
Fujifilm Istanbul Photography Academy
Anadolu University Photography & Videography
Photographic Distinctions
EFIAP - Excellence FIAP - by FIAP Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique The International Federation of Photographic Art
Administrative Affiliations
Administrator: Traveler Photographer - Universal Photography Art - Fototrak – GoodFoto
Memberships
FIAP Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique/International Federation of Photographic Art
IFSAK Istanbul Photography and Cinema Society
Special Assignments
2019 International Istanbul PhotoMaraton Theme Definer
Objective
His aim is to create new expressions and approaches in photography. He tries to show a point of view caught at a critical and decisive moment in everyday life. He especially focuses on the architectural lines and graphics in correlation with the living beings around. He also tries to reflect the social life in urban-rural districts. His fields of work and interest are; architectural photography, street photography, documentary photography, travel photography, stage performances photography, conceptual photography and underwater photography.
Photography & Videography Contest Awards
2023 Monochrome Photography Awards 1 Honorary Mention
2023 CIP Festival International Chania Photo Marathon 3rd Prize
2022 Monochrome Photography Awards 3 Honorary Mentions
2021 London Photo Festival "Architecture" Public Vote Winner "Requiem"
12th Florence Biennale Italy “Lorenzo il Magnifico” Award for Photography
More than 250 Awards in FIAP&PSA&GPU&GAP Patronage International Photography Contests
Nearly 1000 Awards in Various International Photography Contests and in International Photography Groups
Kelebek Newspaper Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" Film Review Competition 1st Award
Exhibitions & Biennials & Photo Festivals
04.2017 “WSIS FORUM 2017” United Nations ITU Headquarters Geneva/Switzerland
09.2017 15th Istanbul Biennial Parallel Photography Exhibition: “One Heart One Soul: A Neighbour” Museum of 500th Year Gallery Istanbul/Turkey
12.2017 “Reflections From Fototrak's Light” Photography Exhibition/Corlu State Hospital Art Gallery Tekirdag/Turkey
02.2018 “One Heart One Soul: A Neighbour” Photography Exhibition/Edirne Synagogue Cultural Center Edirne/Turkey
07.2018 “The 6th Antiparos International Photo Festival” Castro/Antiparos/Greece
09.2018 “Synopsis Group Art Exhibition” Antiart Gallery Antiparos/Greece
10.2018 “Artrospektif Photography Project Exhibition” Ziraatbank Art Gallery Istanbul/Turkey
10.2018 “Miraculous Reflections” A SoArt Project Collective Art Exhibition – Historical Kethuda Hammam Cultural Center/Ortakoy/Istanbul
12.2018 “Artrospektif Photography Project Exhibition” CKM Caddebostan Cultural Center Istanbul/Turkey
03.2019 “Magnificent Spice Bazaar” Collective Photography Exhibition/Yunus Emre Institute London/UK
03.2019 “Timeless Istanbul” A SoArt Collective Art Exhibition/Hunkar Palace/Istanbul/Turkey
03.2019 “Istanbul, a World of Culture” Collective Photography Exhibition/The London Islamic Cultural Centre/London/UK
04.2019 ANAFOD Association “6th Year” Group Photography Exhibition/Turkan Saylan Cultural Center/Istanbul/Turkey
05.2019 COFSAT “Connections” Group Photography Exhibition/IFSAK Istanbul Photography and Cinema Society/Turkey
07.2019 Bursa Nilufer Municipality Photography Festival/Bursa/Turkey
07.2019 3rd Photosphere International Photography Festival/Paros/Greece
07-08.2019 3rd Photosphere International Photography Festival/Patmos/Greece
09.2019 IFSAK 60th Year Season Opening Members Photography Exhibition/Istanbul/Turkey
10.2019 12th Florence Biennale 2019 – International Biennial of Contemporary Art
11.2019 RE-TOUCH Collective Art Exhibition - Nis Art Gallery/Istanbul/Turkey
11.2019 "Miraculous Reflections" A SoArt Project Collective Art Exhibition - Taksim Cumhuriyet Art Gallery/Istanbul/Turkey
01.2020 "Istanbul Art Exhibition" Berlin Forum Factory/Germany
03.2020 COFSAT "Hidden" Photography Group Exhibition/IFSAK Istanbul Photography & Cinema Society/Turkey
09-10.2020 16th International Triennial Exhibition “Theatre in the Photographic Art” Novi
Sad/Serbia
10-11.2020 "Splendid II" Collective Art Exhibition - Gallery Next/Istanbul/Turkey
11.2020 "Cosmic Motion Revealed" International Art Exhibition/Boris Georgiev City Gallery/
Varna/Bulgaria
12.2020 International Paper Works Exhibition "COINCIDENCE" Tadzio Gallery/Kyiv/Ukraine
03.2021 IFSAK Conceptual Photography Project Online Exhibition "TRACE" Istanbul/Turkey
04.2021 International Group Exhibition "YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW" Gallery Georgi Baev
Burgas/Bulgaria
05.2021 London Photo Festival 2021 "ARCHITECTURE" Marble Hill House/London/UK
05.2021 International Paper Works Exhibition "REVIVAL" Tadzio Gallery/Kyiv/Ukraine
08.2021 MYNDOS II Exhibition Myndos Hotel/Gumusluk/Bodrum/Turkey
08-11.2021 "SEPHARAD" Traces of a Muticultural Heritage Art Exhibition
Yunus Emre Institute/Amsterdam/Netherlands
09.2021 FOTOSEK 11th Year Black & White Photographs/IFSAK/Istanbul/Turkey
09.2021 "CONVIVIO" International Photography Exhibition/Ex Filanda di Modigliana/Italy
09.2021 SEPTEMBER Art Exhibition/Atölye 76/Bodrum/Turkey
09.2021 "Non-interactive to Interactive" International Works Exhibition/Filmgate Miami/USA
10.2021 16th CI Contemporary Istanbul /Istanbul/Turkey
10.2021 13th Florence Biennale / Art & Design - Florence/Italy
10.2021 "CONSPICUOUS INTERACTIONS" International Exhibition/National Academy of
Fine Arts and Architecture/Kyiv/Ukraine
11.2021 Istanbul Gallery Week "Mind the Gap!" Galeri Binyıl/Istanbul/Turkey
11.2021 ART_THESSALONIKI International Contemporary Art Fair/Thessaloniki/Greece
01.2022 "GEOMETRY & HUMAN" Photography Exhibition/IFSAK/Istanbul/Turkey
02.2022 "ARTISTIC CONTEXTS" Artforum Gallery International Exhibition/
Thessaloniki/Greece
03.2022 "ARTANKARA" Art Fair/Ankara/Turkey
03-04.2022 "EMPHATIZING" International Art Exhibition/Boris Georgiev City Gallery &
Museum/Varna/Bulgaria
05.2022 Club for UNESCO Piraeus & Islands International Exhibition/Athens/Greece
05.2022 "SEFARAD" Exhibition/Fundacion Tres Culturas del Mediterraneo/Sevilla/Spain
05.2022 EV 621 Gallery International Exhibition/New York/USA
05-06.2022 "WSIS FORUM 2022" United Nations ITU Headquarters/Geneva/Switzerland
07.2022 5th CIP Chania International Photo Festival/Chania/Crete/Greece
08.2022 "Archipel's Trace" Art Exhibition/Aktur/Bodrum/Turkey
10.2022 IFSAK 2022-2023 Season Opening Exhibition/Istanbul/Turkey
11.2022 "Night Photography International Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
11-12.2022 "Still Life Photography International Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
12.2022 "Stroll International Exhibition" Bogoridi Gallery/Burgas/Bulgaria
01.2023 "International Street Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
02.2023 "1st Athens B&W Photography Festival" Serafeio Exhibition Hall/Athens/Greece
02.2023 "Shakespeare" Photography Exhibition/IFSAK/Istanbul/Turkey
03.2023 "International Cityscapes Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
04-05.2023 "International Fine Art Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
04-05.2023 "The Story of the Photograph Exhibition" IFSAK/Istanbul/Turkey
05.2023 "Lines & Living Beings" Solo Photography Exhibition: Henri Kandiyoti - Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
06.2023 Sepharad "Traces of a Multicultural Heritage" Kaisersaal/Frankfurt/Germany
06.2023 "International Portraits Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
08.2023 6th CIP Chania International Photo Festival/Chania/Crete/Greece
09.2023 "International Travel Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
10.2023 "International Night Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
11.2023 International Art Exhibition "Sound of Sun" Design Festa Gallery/Harajuku Art Village/Tokyo/Japan
11-12.2023 "International Landscape Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
01.2024 "London Photo Festival & photoSCHWEIZ 2024" Zurich/Switzerland
01.2024 "International Conceptual Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
01.2024 "120. Salon d'Automne" Paris/France
02.2024 "2nd Athens B&W Photography Festival" Serafeio Exhibition Hall/Athens/Greece
03.2024 "International Moments of Color Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/ Greece
05.2024 Photopolis Festival "Parenthoods" Karpalos Museum/Agrinio/Greece
05.2024 "International Street Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
06.2024 "International Red Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Athens/Greece
06.2024 International Photography Exhibition During Venice Biennale 2024/Kunst Depot Art Center/Venice/Italy
07.2024 7th CIP Chania International Photography Festival/Chania/Crete/Greece
Upcoming Exhibitions & Photo Festivals & Biennials
09-10.2024 "International Travel Photography Exhibition" Blank Wall Gallery/Greece
10.2024 "121. Salon d'Automne" Paris/France
Photobooks & Albums
One Heart One Soul: A Neighbour - The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews & 15th Istanbul Biennial Neighbour Event 2017
Bountiful Empire & Magnificent Spice Bazaar 2019 Yunus Emre Instıtute London
3rd Photosphere International Open Air Photography Festival 2019
6th Queensland International Digital Circuit 2019
ARS ET INGENIUM 12th Florence Biennale 2019
16th International Triennial Exhibition "Theatre in the Photographic Art" 2020
"TOGETHER" IFSAK 61th Season Opening Photobook 2020
FOTOSEK Colour Photography Album 2020
"Istanbul by Poems" 2021 IFSAK Publications
"SEPHARAD" Traces of a Muticultural Heritage Art Exhibition Photobook
FOTOSEK 11th Year Black & White Photobook 2021
ETERNAL FEMININE ETERNAL CHANGE 13th Florence Biennale
OPUS REA TRILOGY 2023 IFSAK Publications
120. Salon d'Automne Catalogue 2024
Photography Magazines
PHOTOLINE Magazine December 2021/January 2022
COŞKU/ENTHUSIASM Digital Magazine by IFSAK October 2022
YOLCULUK/JOURNEY Digital Magazine by IFSAK July 2023
YANSIMA/REFLECTION Digital Magazine by IFSAK October 2023
MÜZE/MUSEUM Digital Magazine by IFSAK March 2024
SALOM MAGAZINE Interview/May 2024
Private & Gallery Collections
“Futuristic” Elise P. Knapp/Art Collector/London/United Kingdom
“Lines & Living Beings” A series of 9/Anti Art Gallery/Antiparos/Greece
“Seeking for a Miracle” Kemal Gulman/Businessman & Art Collector/Istanbul/Turkey
“Rocky Spirit” Gul & Umit Yalcin/Turkish Ambassador/London/UK
“Dome of the Rock” Mehmet Karakus/YEE Gallery Director/London/UK
“Magic Sphere” Turkish Embassy/London/UK
“Spicy Life” Yunus Emre Institute London/UK
“Just the Two of Us” Laurence Paul & Ralph Kandioti/Art Collectors/London/UK
“Goddess Anahit” Mehmet Ongen/Businessman & Art Collector/Istanbul/Turkey
"Footsteps of the Sun" Can Guzey/Interior Architect & Art Collector/Istanbul/Turkey
"Waterjoy" Rozet Basoglu Aroyo/Art Collector/Istanbul/Turkey
"Freedom" & "Matrix" THE STAY Hotels/Art Collectors/Istanbul&Alacati/Turkey
"Freedom" Eva & Beri Goldenberg/Art Collectors/Bodrum/Turkey&London/UK
"Longest Way" As. Professor Dr. Ersin Adıgüzel/Director of Yunus Emre Institute/Madrid/Spain
"Upside Down" & "Ghosts" Melis Salgirtay/Art Collector/Paris/France
"Detalles de Andalucía 1-2-3-4-5" & "Seeking for a Miracle" Sara Beri/Art Collector/Turkey
"Umbrellas Forever" Didem Aras/Art Collector/Turkey
"Renaissance In Granada" Lizi Senbay/Art Collector/Lisbon/Portugal