Before he became a photographer, Ara Güler was a projectionist, working the screen at the old Yıldız Cinema in Istanbul. As a young man, Güler enrolled in drama school, inspired by the thespians who once frequented his father’s pharmacy to buy makeup supplies. But it was cinema that helped set the stage for his life’s work. “A photograph, too, has a mise-en-scène,” Güler says in “The Eye of Istanbul,” a 2015 documentary about his life and career. “A photograph has a background.”
Renowned Armenian-Turkish Turkish photojournalist Ara Guler has died. As one of the few prominent internationally-recognized photographers from Turkey,
Renowned Armenian-Turkish Turkish photojournalist Ara Guler has died. As one of the few prominent internationally-recognized photographers from Turkey, Guler was known as “The Eye of Istanbul.”
As you turn the pages of this book narrating the life of the legendary name in photography Ara Guler , you will evidence the passing of 80-years of Turkey’s history.
The Turkish Photojournalists’ Association (TFMD) released a written statement on Monday saying veteran photographer Ara Güler shouldn’t be criticized for taking photographs of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his family in Erdoğan’s mansion in İstanbul’s Kısıklı neighborhood on Saturday.
