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
-MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Faculty Of Fine Arts Department Of Photography
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
Workshops
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
Diyarbakir -2017
"Where's your Mind?" (Aklın Nerede?) Workshop by Yusuf Sevincli, Filbooks
Istanbul - 2017
Publications & Exhibition
Dodho Magazine - 2019
Unsafe - Immigrantopolis (Trieste Photo Days) Poland - 2019
Stem Magazine - 2019
Click Magazine - 2019
The Eye Of Photography - 2018
Latterly Mag - 2018
Iz Magazine - 2017
P3 Publico - 2017
Scholarships & Grants & Events
-VII Agency Workshop Full Scholarship 2018
-Invited Speaker to SALT Galata Conference Series on Migration (Gocun Diger Yuzu : Afgan Gocmen ve Multeciler) 2018
-FUAM 2018 Photobook Awards "Unsafe" on Afghans in Turkey shortlisted.