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ARA GULER'S EXHIBITION TO LAUNCH IN YEREVAN
12:18, 31 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 31, ARMENPRESS. Prominent Armenian photographer from
Constantinople Ara Guler will introduce his exhibition in Yerevan. The
exhibition held under the slogan "Hello" will launch in the National
Gallery of Armenia. As reports "Armenpress" the exhibition will kick
off at 15.00 on June 4. The exhibition will be open for the Armenian
public for three months.
The renowned photographer has already arrived in Yerevan.
Ara Guler was born August 16, 1928 in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.He
is an Armenian photojournalist from Constantinople, nicknamed "the
Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". He is considered
one of Turkey's few internationally known photographers.
He studied at the local Getronagan Armenian High School. Owner of a
pharmacy on Istiklal Avenue, his father had a wide circle of friends
from the art world of the period. Ara Guler's early contact with this
world inspired him to embark on a career in cinema.
During his high school years, he jobbed in movie studios and attended
drama courses held by Muhsin Ertugrul, the founder of modern Turkish
theater. However, he abandoned cinema in favor of journalism, joining
the staff of the newspaper Yeni Istanbul as photojournalist in 1950 and
studying Economics at the University of Istanbul at the same time. He
then transferred to another newspaper, Hurriyet. After completing his
military service in 1961, Guler was employed by the Turkish magazine
Hayat as head of the photographic department.
About this time, he met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud, who
recruited him for the Magnum Photos agency, which he joined. (He is not
currently a member.) He was presented in the British 1961 Photography
Yearbook. Also in that year, he was accepted as the only member to
the American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP) (today called
the American Society for Media Photographers) from Turkey. The Swiss
magazine Camera honored him with a special issue.
In the 1960s, Guler's photographs were used to illustrate books by
notable authors and were displayed at various exhibitions throughout
the world. His works were exhibited in 1968 in 10 Masters of Color
Photography at the New York Museum of Modern Art and at Photokina
Fair in Cologne, Germany. His photo album Turkei was published in
Germany in 1970. His photos on art and art history were used in Time,
Life, Horizon and Newsweek magazines and publications of Skira of
Switzerland.
Guler traveled on assignment to such countries as Iran, Kazakhstan,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Kenya, New Guinea, Borneo, as well as
all parts of Turkey. In the 1970s he held photographic interviews with
such notable politicians and artists as Winston Churchill, Indira
Gandhi, Maria Callas, John Berger, Bertrand Russell, Willy Brandt,
Alfred Hitchcock, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Marc Chagall,
Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso.
Guler's work is collected by international institutions, such as the
National Library of France in Paris; the George Eastman Museum in
Rochester, New York; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sheldon Memorial
Art Gallery; Museum Ludwig Köln, and Das imaginäre PhotoMuseum, Köln
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/720755/ara-g%C3%BClers-exhibition-to-launch-in-yerevan.html
From: A. Papazian
12:18, 31 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 31, ARMENPRESS. Prominent Armenian photographer from
Constantinople Ara Guler will introduce his exhibition in Yerevan. The
exhibition held under the slogan "Hello" will launch in the National
Gallery of Armenia. As reports "Armenpress" the exhibition will kick
off at 15.00 on June 4. The exhibition will be open for the Armenian
public for three months.
The renowned photographer has already arrived in Yerevan.
Ara Guler was born August 16, 1928 in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.He
is an Armenian photojournalist from Constantinople, nicknamed "the
Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". He is considered
one of Turkey's few internationally known photographers.
He studied at the local Getronagan Armenian High School. Owner of a
pharmacy on Istiklal Avenue, his father had a wide circle of friends
from the art world of the period. Ara Guler's early contact with this
world inspired him to embark on a career in cinema.
During his high school years, he jobbed in movie studios and attended
drama courses held by Muhsin Ertugrul, the founder of modern Turkish
theater. However, he abandoned cinema in favor of journalism, joining
the staff of the newspaper Yeni Istanbul as photojournalist in 1950 and
studying Economics at the University of Istanbul at the same time. He
then transferred to another newspaper, Hurriyet. After completing his
military service in 1961, Guler was employed by the Turkish magazine
Hayat as head of the photographic department.
About this time, he met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud, who
recruited him for the Magnum Photos agency, which he joined. (He is not
currently a member.) He was presented in the British 1961 Photography
Yearbook. Also in that year, he was accepted as the only member to
the American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP) (today called
the American Society for Media Photographers) from Turkey. The Swiss
magazine Camera honored him with a special issue.
In the 1960s, Guler's photographs were used to illustrate books by
notable authors and were displayed at various exhibitions throughout
the world. His works were exhibited in 1968 in 10 Masters of Color
Photography at the New York Museum of Modern Art and at Photokina
Fair in Cologne, Germany. His photo album Turkei was published in
Germany in 1970. His photos on art and art history were used in Time,
Life, Horizon and Newsweek magazines and publications of Skira of
Switzerland.
Guler traveled on assignment to such countries as Iran, Kazakhstan,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Kenya, New Guinea, Borneo, as well as
all parts of Turkey. In the 1970s he held photographic interviews with
such notable politicians and artists as Winston Churchill, Indira
Gandhi, Maria Callas, John Berger, Bertrand Russell, Willy Brandt,
Alfred Hitchcock, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Marc Chagall,
Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso.
Guler's work is collected by international institutions, such as the
National Library of France in Paris; the George Eastman Museum in
Rochester, New York; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sheldon Memorial
Art Gallery; Museum Ludwig Köln, and Das imaginäre PhotoMuseum, Köln
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/720755/ara-g%C3%BClers-exhibition-to-launch-in-yerevan.html
From: A. Papazian