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RENOWNED ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPHER IS BESTOWED HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM TURKISH UNIVERSITY
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March 06, 2013 | 13:44
ISTANBUL. - Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University of Istanbul bestowed
an honorary doctorate degree upon world-renowned Istanbul-Armenian
photographer and photojournalist, Ara Guler.
Members of the University Senate organized an event in tribute to
Guler, during which he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree,
Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual weekly reports.
Taking the microphone upon the request of the audience, Guler said
he is happy that there is such interest toward him, and stressed that
he is involved in journalism for sixty years.
"Now, I think that photojournalists, documentary film makers craft a
visual part of human history. Doing all this becomes historiography,"
he noted.
To note, Ara Guler, who was recognized as the "Photographer of the
Century"-and who is also known as "the Eye of Istanbul"-was born in
the city in 1928, and he began his journalistic career in 1950. He
has received many Turkish and international awards and titles and
has photographed numerous world-renowned personalities.
From: A. Papazian
http://news.am/eng/news/143255.html
March 06, 2013 | 13:44
ISTANBUL. - Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University of Istanbul bestowed
an honorary doctorate degree upon world-renowned Istanbul-Armenian
photographer and photojournalist, Ara Guler.
Members of the University Senate organized an event in tribute to
Guler, during which he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree,
Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual weekly reports.
Taking the microphone upon the request of the audience, Guler said
he is happy that there is such interest toward him, and stressed that
he is involved in journalism for sixty years.
"Now, I think that photojournalists, documentary film makers craft a
visual part of human history. Doing all this becomes historiography,"
he noted.
To note, Ara Guler, who was recognized as the "Photographer of the
Century"-and who is also known as "the Eye of Istanbul"-was born in
the city in 1928, and he began his journalistic career in 1950. He
has received many Turkish and international awards and titles and
has photographed numerous world-renowned personalities.
From: A. Papazian