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PHOTOGRAPHER ARA GULER'S EXHIBITION OPENS IN BRUSSELS
September 27, 2013 - 17:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Photographer Ara Guler's exhibition, "Istanbul
in My Memoirs," has opened in Brussels as part of the Turkey-EU
Intercultural Art Dialogues project, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
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.
Ara Guler is a Turkish Armenian photojournalist, nicknamed "the Eye
of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". He is considered one
of Turkey's few internationally known photographers.
Guler was born in Istanbul on August 16, 1928, to ethnic Armenian
parents. 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.
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 Photo-Museum,
Köln.
Guler attaches the greatest importance to human presence in his
photographs and describes himself as a "visual historian". He believes
that photography should provide a memory of people, of their lives
and especially their suffering. While he considers that art lies,
he believes that photography can only reflect reality.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/170554/
September 27, 2013 - 17:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Photographer Ara Guler's exhibition, "Istanbul
in My Memoirs," has opened in Brussels as part of the Turkey-EU
Intercultural Art Dialogues project, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
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.
Ara Guler is a Turkish Armenian photojournalist, nicknamed "the Eye
of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". He is considered one
of Turkey's few internationally known photographers.
Guler was born in Istanbul on August 16, 1928, to ethnic Armenian
parents. 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.
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 Photo-Museum,
Köln.
Guler attaches the greatest importance to human presence in his
photographs and describes himself as a "visual historian". He believes
that photography should provide a memory of people, of their lives
and especially their suffering. While he considers that art lies,
he believes that photography can only reflect reality.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/170554/