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
-Bachelor of Arts, Marmara University Department of Photography (valedictorian), 2016-2020
-Master of Arts, Marmara University Department of Photography, 2020 - ongoing
Photobook
-Leporello Books - Origini Edizioni (ROMA) All The River Falls in the Nuthouse - 2020
Publications & Exhibition
PHMuseum-StoryOfTheWeek - 2020
Base Istanbul - 2020
ArtDoc Magazine - 2020
L’oeilde la Photographie - 2020
Unsafe - Immigrantopolis (Trieste Photo Days) Poland - 2019
Discarded Magazine - 2020
Edge of Humanity Magazine - 2020
Yogurt Magazine - Bad Taste - 2020
Genis Aci Project, Interpreting Istanbul Encyclopedia with Photography - Salt Beyoglu
Istanbul - 2019
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
-Blurring The Lines - Finalist 2020
-VII Agency Workshop Full Scholarship (2500$) 2018
-Invited Speaker to SALT Galata Conference Series on Migration (Gocun Diger Yuzu : Afgan Gocmen ve Multeciler) 2018
-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