These oldtimers were used to be a lot in Izmir. They are still beautiful.
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Here is my photo projection at Recyclart Portfolio Turquie. Two super8 footages and a selection of street photography were projected. Super8 footages are from my flea market hunts. Both are dated from early 70s and were shot by tourists that visit Turkey. I have digitalised the super8 reels and edited them. For the first one I used a soundtrack from…
Après la soirée en janvier sur la nouvelle photographie russe , nous nous intéressons à une nouvelle génération de photographes turcs. Le collectif de photographes Reccollective (Selim Sume, Serkan Taycan, Sevim Sancaktar et Melisa Onel) nous fait voyager au gré de ses illusions d’optique murales dans Istanbul et alentours. Cemil Batur Gökçeer trace des ponts entre onirisme et réalité avec une finesse magistrale.
Besiktas is a municipality in Istanbul, located in the shore of the Bosphorus. It is big and includes beautiful and trendy districts such as Bebek, Arnavutkoy and Ortakoy but its center is also have a particular character with young people and locals. The market in Besiktas is really nice. Fish shops surrounded by small taverns call for you. Grand Besiktas Bazar is also there with many stores and bookshops. Here is a small set of photographs from my visit earlier in January 2013. Besiktas is nice with the black and white photography just like its famous football team.
Walking in one of the crossing streets to Istiklal in Beyoglu during a late afternoon I see a restaurant (lokanta) where the waiters eating. I took my Olympux xa and had an eye contact with the chef waiter. Following an eye contact salutation I took a photo from the window.
Bon Appetit (Afiyet olsun)!
Olympus XA
Fuji Neopan 1600 (shot iso800)
Expired
Process by Tecno Photo
Self scan with Epson V500
January 2013 Istanbul
Love does not have to be in color and warm. You can feel it in the coldest dark days because it makes you warm and colorful.
Both two photos from a photo walk dating 20.01.2013, during the heavy snow storm in Brussels.
Below is a collection of my street photography from Istanbul. Love is there on the streets.
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