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That Moment
When you shoot on the streets, you flow with dynamism and diversity. There is so much happening around you and you do not have control over. In time, you adopt to the dynamism and start to see things differently. You develop an eye, like a 6th sense of what's going to happen or what can happen around you.
This is a collection presenting some of my photography on streets where "that moment" is very very hard to come by again.
This collection is on the blockchain as NFTs on Foundation.
Point Of No Return
At times in our life, we may feel that we have reached a point where there is no turning back. This is exactly the moment for a new start. A moment to refresh our minds and look forward.
Istanbul, 2020
Istanbul, 2020
The Energy
Caddebostan beach is one of my favorite places in Istanbul. Surrounded by a great park and trees, we go there with our camp chairs, take something to eat and drink with us, and chill as many people do. Weekday or weekend, the place is always crowded with people swimming, having a picnic, jogging, walking or doing cardio.
The photograph was taken during covid times, where you could see less people than usual. I noticed the teenager with his bike, riding fast towards the sea and making a sudden stop when he is close. He had so much energy in him and I could tell that he enjoyed the excitement and adrenaline so much. I watched him for almost half and hour and I am glad to catch his jump with his bike.
Istanbul, 2020
The photograph was taken during covid times, where you could see less people than usual. I noticed the teenager with his bike, riding fast towards the sea and making a sudden stop when he is close. He had so much energy in him and I could tell that he enjoyed the excitement and adrenaline so much. I watched him for almost half and hour and I am glad to catch his jump with his bike.
Istanbul, 2020
The Crash
Cape of Fenerbahçe is one of the memorable places of my childhood. My grandfather used to take me there almost every weekend. It has one of the beautiful parks in Istanbul. This photograph is taken on a platform at the entrance of the park.
Event though the sea is calm, sometimes a ship or boat passes by and its wave reaches the shore a few minutes later. If you do not notice the boat passing by, the crash of the wave might get you wet.
The puddles on the ground was formed after the rain and it is so magical that due to the shape of the ground, the head of the subject just disappears in the reflection.
Istanbul, 2019
Event though the sea is calm, sometimes a ship or boat passes by and its wave reaches the shore a few minutes later. If you do not notice the boat passing by, the crash of the wave might get you wet.
The puddles on the ground was formed after the rain and it is so magical that due to the shape of the ground, the head of the subject just disappears in the reflection.
Istanbul, 2019
Be Different
Beach of Caddebostan in Istanbul is one of the places I go to relax. It is also a place full of constant surprises. On that day, sparrows filled the beach searching for food and breadcrumbs, probably from some folks who picnicked earlier.
At some unexpected moments, life teaches you a lesson with an obvious example. Imagine yourself in a crowd or social environment, all doing the same thing with almost no results. But one, most likely does something and gets the result. Finds the food. Does what it believes in to be true.
Istanbul, 2022
At some unexpected moments, life teaches you a lesson with an obvious example. Imagine yourself in a crowd or social environment, all doing the same thing with almost no results. But one, most likely does something and gets the result. Finds the food. Does what it believes in to be true.
Istanbul, 2022
Score Or Not?
Recently, I was on a holiday around Çanakkale, a beautiful part of western Turkey, with a coast to Aegean Sea. We stayed in a very small village in the forest, 15 kms to the nearest town. The nearest town was Ayvacik, with approximately 13.000 population.
Right outside the town, there was a football (soccer) facility, built by the municipality of Ayvacik. From the status of the building and surroundings, it looked like it has never been active. I asked around about the facility after I took the shot and I learned that it has been built but never rented to anyone for business. So, it was like an abandoned facility, except the children of the neighborhood had a field to play football for free.
The sun was setting when I got there and the kids had an older brother/friend with them who was a goal keeper, playing for a local team. He just was there to practice with the kids, teach them techniques and having fun with them. When they saw the camera, it brought them out of their natural attitude, so I had to sit there and wait for half hour for them to forget about me.
As I watched them, I remembered my own childhood, great fan of football, the times we used to play on the streets, the excitement.
The particular shoot in the photograph, if it was a score or not, I will leave the the decision to the audience.
Çanakkale, 2022
Right outside the town, there was a football (soccer) facility, built by the municipality of Ayvacik. From the status of the building and surroundings, it looked like it has never been active. I asked around about the facility after I took the shot and I learned that it has been built but never rented to anyone for business. So, it was like an abandoned facility, except the children of the neighborhood had a field to play football for free.
The sun was setting when I got there and the kids had an older brother/friend with them who was a goal keeper, playing for a local team. He just was there to practice with the kids, teach them techniques and having fun with them. When they saw the camera, it brought them out of their natural attitude, so I had to sit there and wait for half hour for them to forget about me.
As I watched them, I remembered my own childhood, great fan of football, the times we used to play on the streets, the excitement.
The particular shoot in the photograph, if it was a score or not, I will leave the the decision to the audience.
Çanakkale, 2022
The Intersection
The Kocatepe Mosque is the largest mosque in Ankara, Turkey. It was built between 1967 and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter in Kızılay, and its size and prominent situation have made it a landmark that can be seen from almost anywhere in central Ankara. Its garden is tiled in marbles and as the sun goes down, combination of light and the texture creates a beautiful, minimal canvas for a photograph.
As hard as it is to shoot under the sun, the shadows appear so beautifully that it makes it so hard to leave the place. The dove came out of nowhere into the scene as I pressed the shutter. It flew so close to the walking guy as if it was trying to play a game with him.
Ankara, 2018
As hard as it is to shoot under the sun, the shadows appear so beautifully that it makes it so hard to leave the place. The dove came out of nowhere into the scene as I pressed the shutter. It flew so close to the walking guy as if it was trying to play a game with him.
Ankara, 2018
In Clouds On Ground
Kars station is a railway station, serving the eastern Turkish city of Kars. It is one of the easternmost stations on the Trans-Anatolian railway. The Eastern Express services Kars once a day to İstanbul. Between 1993 and 2011, there was no train service east of Kars due to the Turkish-Armenian border closure. But as of February 2011, a regional train operates twice daily from Kars to Akyaka, the last Turkish town before the border, stopping at the Akyaka railway station.
I have always found train stations fascinating. There's departure, sadness, happiness and excitement for a journey and I believe those to create a different kind of energy and dynamism. As I was trying to shoot this frame, with a man onboarding and another man walking away in the distance, thick smoke entered the scene from an electronic cigarette, from a guy leaning on the train and smoking his last puffs.
Kars, 2019
I have always found train stations fascinating. There's departure, sadness, happiness and excitement for a journey and I believe those to create a different kind of energy and dynamism. As I was trying to shoot this frame, with a man onboarding and another man walking away in the distance, thick smoke entered the scene from an electronic cigarette, from a guy leaning on the train and smoking his last puffs.
Kars, 2019
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