Biography: Hakan Simsek was born in Brussels in 1978. He completed a Masters degree from the Computer Sciences department of University of Brussels. From kindergarten to the end of his high school years he was interested in painting. In 2010 he became involved with photography and hasn’t put down his camera since. After winning prizes [...]
Osman Demir
Biography: Osman Demir got his undergraduate degree from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts Photography Department. In 2012, his installation titled “The Phone” has been exhibited at the 3rd International Antakya Biennial; and his video work titled “The Interview Room” has been exhibited in Vienna, Austria. The same year, he also represented Mimar Sinan University [...]
Guliz Karaoglan Vural
Biography: Guliz Karaoglan Vural, studied photography at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She worked as a photo journalist and a photo editor at Nokta and Aktuel magazines and Zaman ve Taraf newspapers. She wrote travel pieces for newspaper weekend supplements. Vural was part of many group exhibitions. She opened her first personal exhibition with the [...]
Aytunc Akad
Biography: Aytunç Akad was born in 1976 in Istanbul. He became interested in documentaries concerning social issues while taking photography classes between 1994-1998 at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He has produced documentary photo series from around the world for national and international media including Newsweek, Geo Atlantic, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, The Observer, [...]
Kerem Yucel
Biography: Kerem Yucel was born in Istanbul. After earning his B.S. in agricultural engineering, he started to work as an environmental impact specialist in oil pipeline projects. Thanks to these projects, he traveled far and wide throughout Anatolia and had the chance to get to know both the geography and the cultures of this ancient [...]
Servet Dilber
Özgeçmiş: Servet Dilber was born in 1975 in Istanbul. He graduated from Kabatas High School. After graduating from Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Photography, he worked as a photo editor in newspaper, magazine and book projects. His photographs have also been published in national and international magazines and newspapers such as [...]
Emin Ozmen
Biography: Emin Özmen was born in Sivas, Turkey. He studied Physics at “19 Mayıs University ” in Samsun, before moving on to photographic studies in the Fine Arts Faculty at “Marmara University”, Istanbul. In 2008, thanks to funding from HSBC, he published two photo-books named “Humans Of Anatolia” and “Microcredit Stories in Turkey”, a collection [...]
Mehmet Unal
Biography: Mehmet Unal was born in Çanakkale in 1951. In 1963, he emigrated with his family to Istanbul. He started as an amateur at the Bakırköy People’s House Theatre. After studying at the Lisans Cultural Center Theater School, he tried to advance his theater training with the group of individuals that left Lisans Cultural Center. [...]