Istanbul Photography

13 December, 2008 (12:41) | Photographers, Photographs, istanbul

You might remember me writing about an Istanbul photography contest a while back run by an artists’ organization, Les Arts Turcs in Istanbul. That photography contest is now closed and the winning photographs have been decided by a jury.

I’ve had a look at the winning photographs and the photographers and I thought I should share the news and the images with my readers. Congratulations to all the winners! The first prize winner’s photograph reminds me of a photograph of old world Istanbul by Ara Güler.

Istanbul is one of those places where it is difficult to take a bad photograph. There are other places like that, such as Santorini, the landscapes of the Grand Canyon, the landscapes of Afghanistan or northern Iraq/Iran, and there are many like that, breathtakingly beautiful, a lovely photograph can be seen anywhere you look. I mention these places because I am very interested in landscapes at the current time.

So, one day I shall return to Istanbul and Turkey and start taking photographs again. Where I am presently, nothing inspires me and it’s difficult for me to even take a good photograph because everywhere I look, I just see ugliness. But maybe if I looked deeper, I would find the beauty in the ugliness.

The winning photographs will be exhibited at 1001 Direk Cisterns in 23 december at 19.00 in Istanbul. If you are in Istanbul at that time, be sure to visit.

As promised then, Here are the winning Istanbul photography contest photos: To see the honorable mentions and also larger versions of the images, please visit their website at www.istanbulphotocontest.com/winners.php