I’m a driven photographer and a storyteller. My aim is not to know nor to change the world but to propose a new meaning to it through the medium of image. I believe this human commitment is the true force behind and the mark of creativity. As a son of two migrant parents, I’m also personally interested in discovering and questioning the notions of otherness and borders.

Academic Background

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 Master of Arts, Marmara University Department of Photography, 2020 - ongoing

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 Bachelor of Arts, Marmara University Department of Photography (valedictorian), 2016 - 2020

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Photobook

Leporello Books - Origini Edizioni (ROMA) All The Rivers Flow in the Nuthouse -  2020

Publications & Exhibitions

GUP Magazine  - 2021

Sarab Mag  - 2021

L'intervalle Blog,  Photobook Review  - 2021

PHMuseum - StoryOfTheWeek  - 2020

ArtDoc - 2020

L’oeil de la Photographie - 2020

Discarded Magazine  - 2020

Edge of Humanity  - 2020

Helsinki Photo Festival - Finland - 2021

BASE Istanbul - 2020

Unsafe - Immigrantopolis (Trieste Photo Days) Poland - 2019

Genis Aci Project, Interpreting Istanbul Encyclopedia with Photography - Salt Beyoglu
Istanbul - 2019

FUAM Photobook Festival Exhibition Tophane-i Amire Culture & Arts Center - Istanbul - 2018

Yogurt Magazine - Bad Taste - 2020

Dodho Magazine  - 2019

Stem Magazine - 2019

Click Magazine - 2019

The Eye Of Photography  - 2018

Latterly Mag - 2018

P3 Publico - 2017

Iz Magazine - 2017

Scholarships & Grants & Events

Fresh Eyes Talents - 2021

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Blurring The Lines - Finalist 2020

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VII Agency Workshop Full Scholarship (2500$) 2018

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Invited Speaker to SALT Galata Conference Series on Migration (Gocun Diger Yuzu : Afgan Gocmen ve Multeciler) 2018

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FUAM Photobook Awards "Unsafe" on Afghans in Turkey shortlisted 2018

Workshops

Genis Aci Project, Interpreting Istanbul Encyclopedia with Photography - Salt Beyoglu
Istanbul - 2019

"Storytelling in Istanbul: City of a Million Tales" VII Agency Workshop with John Stanmeyer, Anush Babajanyan
Istanbul - 2018

FUAM 2018, selected for the Photobook Workshop with Kazuma Obara
Istanbul - 2018

DIFAK Workshop "Photography and Youth in Diyarbakir" with Evelien Kunst, Paolo Woods, Marieke Van der Velden, Sonia Jeunet, Diyarbakir 2017

Affiliations

PLATFORM by GAPO