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    ARA GULER PHOTO EXHIBITION: A REFLECTION ON THE ISTANBUL HE GOT TO KNOW

    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    Sept 27 2013

    ISTANBUL - Hurriyet Daily News

    Organized within the scope of 'Turkish-European Association
    Intercultural Art Dialogues' and the 'Art and Life,' Ara Guler's
    exhibition opens in Brussels Print Page Send to friend Â" Share
    Influenced by Istanbul, photographer Ara Guler depicts the colorful
    life and socio-cultural aspects of the city, which is always observed
    carefully because of its cultural richness, artistic, economic,
    and strategic importance, according to the curator of the exhibtion
    in Brussels.

    Photographer Ara Guler's exhibition, "Istanbul in My Memoirs,"
    has opened in Brussels as part of the Turkey-EU Intercultural Art
    Dialogues project.

    Curator Beste Gursu said Guler photographed stories that will
    not be forgotten for generations. "Ara Guler depicts the colorful
    life and socio-cultural aspects of this giant metropolis, which is
    always observed carefully because of its cultural richness, artistic,
    economic, and strategic importance - through his own perspective with
    shots that offer an insight into history. What is often ignored in
    photos taken by Ara Guler is the documentary-like and also surrealistic
    manner of expression of the uncertainty that he is always in search
    of," Gursu said.

    Guler is a master, who has witnessed a historic 80-year period in
    Turkish history. When talking about himself he says he considers
    himself lucky that events in his shots came across him at the right
    time. Describing the life an empty film roll given to the people,
    Guler advises us to try to fill each moment in an excellent manner
    that will guide us for many years.

    Even though it is known that Guler has held hundreds of exhibitions
    of his work all over the world and published many books, memoirs of
    him in Istanbul have a different place for him. As he says: He is a
    part of Istanbul and he is searching for these parts in his photos.

    A phrase often ascribed to Istanbul is "A city through which a sea
    passes," and this is enriched in the shots of Ara Guler in a chaotic
    environment that is melancholic, alone and transformed. As its name
    suggests, the exhibition consists of the selection of Istanbul photos
    taken between years 1950 and 1988, and represents the memories that
    have not been forgotten for a lifetime and contain different feelings
    as they are remembered.

    The effects of Istanbul in Guler's works

    In his childhood Guler was greatly influenced by the cinema. As
    a high-school student he worked at film studios in every branch of
    cinema. In 1951, he graduated from the Getronagan Armenian High School
    and then began training in theatre and acting under Muhsin Ertugrul.

    He wanted to be either a director or a scriptwriter. At that time
    some of his stories were published in literary magazines and Armenian
    newspapers.

    He continued his education in the Faculty of Economics at Istanbul
    University. However, on deciding to become a photo-journalist, he
    dropped out of university and did his military service. He began a
    career in journalism with the newspaper Yeni Ä°stanbul in 1950. He
    became a photojournalist for Time Life in 1956 and for Paris Match
    and Stern in 1958. Around the same time, he joined Magnum Agency. He
    did a feature on Noah's Ark and over 100 of these photographs were
    distributed by Magnum Photos.

    In 1992, his photographs of the great architect Sinan's works in
    Istanbul, which he had been preparing for many years, were published in
    France by Edition Arthaud and by Thames & Hudson in the U.S. and the
    U.K., under the title "Sinan: Architect During the Time of Suleiman
    the Magnificent." He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Yıldız
    Technical University in 2004, the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand
    Award in 2005 and the Culture Award from the Arts of the Ministry of
    Culture and Tourism in 2011.

    The exhibition will be on display until Oct. 24 at the Permanent
    Delegation of the Turkish Republic to the European Union in Brussels.

    The third event as part of the "Turkish-European Association
    Intercultural Art Dialogues" series, which has been conceptualized
    within the scope of the "Art and Life" projects, will take place in
    the Turkish Republic's European Union Permanent Representation Office
    in Brussels.

    September/27/2013

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ara-guler-photo-exhibition-a-reflection-on-the-istanbul-he-got-to-know.aspx?pageID=238&nID=55200&NewsCatID=385

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