List of Turkish photographers
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Ara Güler is a Turkish Armenian photojournalist, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul".
Ayhan Çakar new generation photographer. He was born in Germany in 1973 and stayed there with his parent until seven years old. He has been studying on important album projects. Some of these are One1stanbul, One1urkei, One1World, Silk Road, Ottoman Countries and so on.
Ömer Asan, Ömer Şükrü Asan (born May 28, 1961 in Trabzon, Turkey), is a Turkish folklorist, photographer and writer.
Uğur Uluocak, Yaşar Uğur Uluocak (1962 – July 2, 2003) was a Turkish outdoorsman, mountaineer, photographer, and editor.
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19th century photography
History
Already in the 1870s printing companies were using photography in major coastal cities to document buildings and monuments for the municipal government, and to produce postcards for tourists. In this way cities like Smyrna (Izmir) and Trebizond (Trabzon) were documented in the late 19th century. The majority of these photographers and postcard editors were Greeks, Armenians and Italians. In some cities however, there were Turks active in the business as well. Kitabi Hamdi Efendi (Bookseller Hamdi), the Turkish owner of a printing house in Trabzon, was publishing his photographs (and those of others), and he sold photo cameras as well. Another Turkish photographer and postcard editor who was active from the late 19th century in Trabzon was Osman Nouri.
One of the first Turkish photographers by profession was Rahmizâde Bâhâeddin Bediz who opened his photostudio in Crete and later in Istanbul. He was active also in the first half of 20th century as a pioneer photographer in Turkey.
Further, as one of the earliest photographers in Turkey, Pascal Sebah, who was born in Istanbul, but not fully Turkish, had his photostudio in Istanbul.
The first half of 20th century
History
Further, Othmar Pferschy, non-Turkish photographer, opened his photo studio in Istanbul in 1931 and actively took documentary photographs.
The second half of 20th century and 21st century
History
In this period, there are emerging numerous Turkish photographers active in and outside of Turkey. For each photographers, please see Category:Turkish photographers and Category:Turkish photojournalists.
non-Turkish photographers relating to or (were or are) active in Turkey
Relating museums, institutions, universities, associations or groups
- Istanbul Modern (İstanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi) Istanbul Modern official English website
- Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, originally opened in 1881 by Osman Hamdi as Sanâyi-i Nefîse Mektebi homepage
Further reading
- Appearances as we see them. A selection of Turkish photography since the founding of the Republic (Biz'den gorunenler. Cumhuriyet sonrasi Turk fotografindan bir secki). [Exhibition catalogue], BOSPHORUS BOOKS, 100 p., color and b/w photos. In Turkish and English, 2004 from IberLibro.com with a cover picture
- Türkiye’de Fotoğraf, Photography in Turkey, Engin Özendes
- Türk Plastik Sanatçıları Ansiklopedisi, Turkish Fine Art Artists Encyclopedia, Kaya Özsezgin
- Türk Fotoğrafında 101 kompozisyon 101 yorum, 101 Compositions 101 Critiques on Turkish Photography, Gültekin Çizgen
- Cumhuriyet’in ışığında: Othmar Pferschy fotoğrafları (In the light of the Republic: photographs of the Othmar Pferschy), Engin Özendes, Karaköy, İstanbul : İstanbul Modern, 2006, ISBN 975-6167-09-2, ISBN 978-975-6167-09-0
- James Robertson: pioneer of photography in the Ottoman Empire, by Bahattin Öztuncay, Beyoğlu, İstanbul, 1992, ISBN 975-7622-08-7
