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A STORY OF A PHOTO. HOW WE MET WITH ARA GULER
February 9 2015
This photo was taken in September 2010. The photo depicts the world
famous Armenian photographer Ara Guler. He is sitting at the Guler
cafe on Yeni Packman (New Market) Street in Istanbul. At that time, the
master was 82 years old. It was a great enjoyment for us, the Armenian
journalists to accidentally meet with the master nicknamed "the eye of
Istanbul" at the cafe named after him. He was taciturn and shared just
a few sentences with us. We did not want to disturb his state of being
calm and simply took seats in the same cafe, at the tables next to
Guler to enjoy his presence. Tea and coffee seemed uniquely delicious
that day. Ara Guler is one of the seven most popular photographers
in the world, he has won many prestigious awards, particularly in
2009, he was awarded the prize, which is the "Oscar" in
the industry of photography. In 2000, the master was recognized as a
"Photographer of the Century" in Turkey. Ara Guler has photographed
such figures in politics, culture and other fields, including Winston
Churchill, Maria Callas, John Berger, Bernard Russell, Salvador Dali,
Pablo Picasso, Indira Gandhi, Sophia Loren and William Saroyan.
Gohar HAKOBYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2015/02/09/168762/
From: A. Papazian
February 9 2015
This photo was taken in September 2010. The photo depicts the world
famous Armenian photographer Ara Guler. He is sitting at the Guler
cafe on Yeni Packman (New Market) Street in Istanbul. At that time, the
master was 82 years old. It was a great enjoyment for us, the Armenian
journalists to accidentally meet with the master nicknamed "the eye of
Istanbul" at the cafe named after him. He was taciturn and shared just
a few sentences with us. We did not want to disturb his state of being
calm and simply took seats in the same cafe, at the tables next to
Guler to enjoy his presence. Tea and coffee seemed uniquely delicious
that day. Ara Guler is one of the seven most popular photographers
in the world, he has won many prestigious awards, particularly in
2009, he was awarded the prize, which is the "Oscar" in
the industry of photography. In 2000, the master was recognized as a
"Photographer of the Century" in Turkey. Ara Guler has photographed
such figures in politics, culture and other fields, including Winston
Churchill, Maria Callas, John Berger, Bernard Russell, Salvador Dali,
Pablo Picasso, Indira Gandhi, Sophia Loren and William Saroyan.
Gohar HAKOBYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2015/02/09/168762/
From: A. Papazian