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TURKEY'S FIRST FEMALE WAR PHOTOGRAPHER TO BE COMMEMORATED
Hurriyet, Turkey
Nov 27 2013
ISTANBUL
A symposium will be organized to commemorate Semiha Es, Turkey's first
woman travel and war photographer. An exhibition will also open as
a parallel event of the symposium
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Organized in memory of Turkey's first female travel and war
photographer Semiha Es, world renowned women photographers will come
together during an international symposium in Istanbul.
"Semiha Es - The Women Photographers International Symposium,"
will take place in Istanbul between Nov. 28 and 30. The event will
be organized in cooperation with the Women's Museum Istanbul, the
Gender and Women's Studies Forum at Sabancı University, and Koc
University's Center for Gender Studies (KOC-KAM).
Simultaneous with the symposium, a photography exhibition will also
be opened, titled "Second Eye: Women Photographers from Turkey."
The symposium is part of the "Women's Cultural Heritage" program of
the Women's Museum Istanbul. During the event, Es, who lived between
1912 and 2012 and is known for her coverage of the Korean War as a
photojournalist, will be commemorated.
Es will be commemorated during a symposium and photography exhibition,
organized in cooperation with the Women's Museum Istanbul, Sabancı
University and Koc University.
The symposium will start with the screening of a documentary entitled
"Semiha Es" in the Cezayir Meeting Hall. It will host panels and
round-table discussions focusing on women photographers' place in,
as well as their contribution to, the world of photography in the
21st century. Participants will also presents their work as well as
share their thoughts on related topics, such as the question of war
and the photographic gaze from a gender perspective, the female body,
violence, memory, documentary and art photography.
Fourteen leading women photographers from around the world will
participate. On the international front, the photographers Ami Vitale,
Yunghi Kim, Diana Blok, Vera Lentz, Heidi Levine, Mitsu Maeda,
Shadi Ghadrian, Lucia Nimcova, Lucy Azubuike, Tzeli Hadjidimitriu,
Eman Mohammed Darkhalil, Fatou Kande Songhar, Lynsey Addario, Nomusa
Makhubu, the documentary photography editor and strategist Ayperi
Karabuda Ecer and Fiona Rogers from Magnum-Firecracker will discuss
and explore the contributions of women to the world of photography.
The symposium participants from Turkey include Ahu Antmen, Laleper
Aytek, Silva Bingaz, Melisa Onel, Sebla Selin Ok, Bikem Ekberzade,
Serra Akcan, GulÅ~_in Ketenci, Å~^enay Ozturk, Å~^ehlem Sebik,
as well as some promising young women photographers such as Begum
Kocum, Cemre YeÅ~_il, Dilara Arısoy, Pınar Gediközer, Larissa
Araz, Zeynep Kayan, Senem Sinem, Gözde Turkkan. The panels will be
moderated by Feride Cicekoglu, Gamze Toksoy, Zeynep Devrim Gursel,
Asena Gunal and AyÅ~_e Gul Altınay.
Photography exhibition
A photography exhibition will also open parallel to the symposium
on Nov. 29 at Sismanoglio Megaro, the exhibition venue of the Greek
Consulate. This exhibition will also be a tribute to Es.
"Second Eye: Women Photographers from Turkey," will host not only
works by Es belonging to different periods and shot in different
countries, but also the intellectual and artistic accomplishments
of 25 Turkish women photographers who since 1980s have produced a
significant body of work contributing to the subjective approach of
photographic expression.
At the opening of the exhibition, jazz pianist and composer AyÅ~_e
Tutuncu will debut a piece inspired by four photographers featured in
the Istanbul Women's Museum's permanent exhibition: Naciye Hanım
(1881-1970), the first professional Muslim woman photographer;
Maryam Å~^ahinyan (1911-1996), the first professional Armenian
woman photographer in Turkey; Eleni Kureman (1921-2001), the first
professional woman photojournalist for the Turkish press and also
the first professional Greek woman photographer in Turkey.
The exhibitions, curated by Antmen and Aytek, can be viewed until Jan.
5, 2014. The exhibition will be followed by two books featuring
the works of the photographers whose works were displayed in the
exhibition.
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet, Turkey
Nov 27 2013
ISTANBUL
A symposium will be organized to commemorate Semiha Es, Turkey's first
woman travel and war photographer. An exhibition will also open as
a parallel event of the symposium
Print Page Send to friend Â"
Share
Organized in memory of Turkey's first female travel and war
photographer Semiha Es, world renowned women photographers will come
together during an international symposium in Istanbul.
"Semiha Es - The Women Photographers International Symposium,"
will take place in Istanbul between Nov. 28 and 30. The event will
be organized in cooperation with the Women's Museum Istanbul, the
Gender and Women's Studies Forum at Sabancı University, and Koc
University's Center for Gender Studies (KOC-KAM).
Simultaneous with the symposium, a photography exhibition will also
be opened, titled "Second Eye: Women Photographers from Turkey."
The symposium is part of the "Women's Cultural Heritage" program of
the Women's Museum Istanbul. During the event, Es, who lived between
1912 and 2012 and is known for her coverage of the Korean War as a
photojournalist, will be commemorated.
Es will be commemorated during a symposium and photography exhibition,
organized in cooperation with the Women's Museum Istanbul, Sabancı
University and Koc University.
The symposium will start with the screening of a documentary entitled
"Semiha Es" in the Cezayir Meeting Hall. It will host panels and
round-table discussions focusing on women photographers' place in,
as well as their contribution to, the world of photography in the
21st century. Participants will also presents their work as well as
share their thoughts on related topics, such as the question of war
and the photographic gaze from a gender perspective, the female body,
violence, memory, documentary and art photography.
Fourteen leading women photographers from around the world will
participate. On the international front, the photographers Ami Vitale,
Yunghi Kim, Diana Blok, Vera Lentz, Heidi Levine, Mitsu Maeda,
Shadi Ghadrian, Lucia Nimcova, Lucy Azubuike, Tzeli Hadjidimitriu,
Eman Mohammed Darkhalil, Fatou Kande Songhar, Lynsey Addario, Nomusa
Makhubu, the documentary photography editor and strategist Ayperi
Karabuda Ecer and Fiona Rogers from Magnum-Firecracker will discuss
and explore the contributions of women to the world of photography.
The symposium participants from Turkey include Ahu Antmen, Laleper
Aytek, Silva Bingaz, Melisa Onel, Sebla Selin Ok, Bikem Ekberzade,
Serra Akcan, GulÅ~_in Ketenci, Å~^enay Ozturk, Å~^ehlem Sebik,
as well as some promising young women photographers such as Begum
Kocum, Cemre YeÅ~_il, Dilara Arısoy, Pınar Gediközer, Larissa
Araz, Zeynep Kayan, Senem Sinem, Gözde Turkkan. The panels will be
moderated by Feride Cicekoglu, Gamze Toksoy, Zeynep Devrim Gursel,
Asena Gunal and AyÅ~_e Gul Altınay.
Photography exhibition
A photography exhibition will also open parallel to the symposium
on Nov. 29 at Sismanoglio Megaro, the exhibition venue of the Greek
Consulate. This exhibition will also be a tribute to Es.
"Second Eye: Women Photographers from Turkey," will host not only
works by Es belonging to different periods and shot in different
countries, but also the intellectual and artistic accomplishments
of 25 Turkish women photographers who since 1980s have produced a
significant body of work contributing to the subjective approach of
photographic expression.
At the opening of the exhibition, jazz pianist and composer AyÅ~_e
Tutuncu will debut a piece inspired by four photographers featured in
the Istanbul Women's Museum's permanent exhibition: Naciye Hanım
(1881-1970), the first professional Muslim woman photographer;
Maryam Å~^ahinyan (1911-1996), the first professional Armenian
woman photographer in Turkey; Eleni Kureman (1921-2001), the first
professional woman photojournalist for the Turkish press and also
the first professional Greek woman photographer in Turkey.
The exhibitions, curated by Antmen and Aytek, can be viewed until Jan.
5, 2014. The exhibition will be followed by two books featuring
the works of the photographers whose works were displayed in the
exhibition.
From: A. Papazian