20 Ağustos 1975 yılında İstanbul’da doğdu.
Çeşitli okullarda okudu.
2014 yılından beri fotoğrafla profesyonel olarak ilgileniyor.
Modern dünya sisteminin bize sunduğu hayatın karmaşası, yabancılaşan insan, yalnızlık, mutluluk, özgürlük gibi konular fotoğraflarıyla anlatmayı seçtiği dertlerin başında geliyor.
Myanmar, Kamboçya ve Malezya’nın çeşitli yerlerinde suyun üzerinde yaşayan toplulukların, bizim dünyamızla taban tabana zıt hayatını anlattığı WATER WORLD kitabı 2016 yılında yayınlandı.
WATER WORLD/SU DÜNYASI kitabından fotoğraflar;
International Photography Awards 2016'da, "Honorable Mention"
Neutral Density Photography Awards'da, "Gold Star"
American Photography Awards 2016'da, "The Best of The Best" ödüllerini aldı.
2017-2018 yıllarında, Hindistan’ın; Gujarat, Rajasthan ve Madya Pradesh eyaletlerinde, 100’ün üzerinde köy ve kasabayı ziyaret etti. Birçok çingene göçüne katıldı. Çeşitli çingene topluluklarının görkemli inat hikayesini çekti.
İki senelik bir çalışmanın ardından, ikinci kitabı INDIAN GYPSIES/HİNDİSTAN ÇİNGENELERİ, Kasım 2018’de yayınlandı.
INDIAN GYPSIES/HİNDİSTAN ÇİNGENELERİ kitabından çeşitli fotoğraflarla dünyanın önemli fotoğraf yarışmalarına katıldı.
International Photography Awards 2018’de, ‘Honorable Mention’
International Color Awards 2019’da, Photojournalism kategorisinde, ‘Honorable Mention’
International Color Awards 2019’da, Poeple kategorisinde, ‘Honorable Mention’ ödüllerine layık görüldü.
Gürcistan’ın dağlarında çektiği, ‘Gürcistan’ın Güçlü Kadınları’ projesi, 2019 yılında,
London International Creative Competition’da ödül aldı.
Gene Gürcistan’da çektiği bir başka proje olan, ‘Sanatoryumda Yaşayan Kadınlar’,
2020 yılında International Color Awards’ta ödüle layık görüldü.
Yaklaşık beş sene üzerinde çalıştığı ve çekimleri 2022 yılı başlarında tamamlanan İSTANBUL BALIKÇILARI projesinden fotoğraflar:
New York Photography Awards 2022’de, Black&White Photography - Poeple kategorisinde ‘Gold Winner’ ve Culture kategorisinde ‘Silver Winner’ ;
European Photography Awards 2022’de, Poeple-Culture kategorisinde ‘Gold Winner’ ;
Muse Photography Awards’ta, Editorial Photography-Documentary kategorisinde ‘Silver Winner’ ödüllerini aldı.
15. International Color Awards’ta ise ‘Nominee’ oldu.
İSTANBUL BALIKÇILARI projesi, 03-18 Aralık 2022 tarihleri arasında İstanbul Bomontiada’da sergilendi. Proje, 2023 yılı içerisinde sanatçının üçüncü kitabı olarak yayımlanacak.
Sanatçı, 12 farklı ülkede çekeceği yeni projesinin çalışmalarına devam etmektedir.
SERGİLER
Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery Group Show - 2015
Art Bornova Çağdaş Hikayeler - 2016
42 Maslak Art Space Gallery - Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery Çağdaş Hikayeler 2 - 2016
"Scope Miami Beach" - International Contemporary Art Show - 2016
"Water World" - Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Kişisel Sergi - 2017
"Genetiğiyle Oynanmamış İnsan" – Bebek, Art Galerim - Kişisel Sergi – 2020
“İstanbul Balıkçıları” – Bomontiada, Art Galerim – Kişisel Sergi - 2022
He was born on August 20, 1975 in Istanbul.
He studied at various schools.
He has been professionally involved in photography since 2014.
The themes he wants to explore in his photographs include: The confusions in our lives which are brought about by the System in the modern world, alienation, loneliness, happiness and freedom.
His book WATER WORLD came out in 2016, depicting the lives of communities living entirely on water,in remote regions of Myanmar, Cambodia and Malaysia, lives which contrast totally with our own.
Photos from the book WATER WORLD received;
"Honorable Mention" at the International Photography Awards 2016
"Gold Star" at the Neutral Density Photography Awards
"The Best of the Best" at the American Photography Awards 2016.
From 2017 to 2018 he travelled extensively to India, visiting over 100 towns and villages in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madya Pradesh states. He participated in many migrations with various gypsy groups. He photographed the glorious resistance story of these communities.
After two years of work, his resultant project on INDIAN GYPSIES became a book published in November 2018.
Photos from the book INDIAN GYPSIES received;
'Honorable Mention' at the International Photography Awards 2018
'Honorable Mention' at the International Color Awards 2019, in the category of Photojournalism
'Honorable Mention' at the International Color Awards 2019, in the category of Poeple
The 'Strong Women of Georgia' project, shot in the mountains of Georgia, in 2019, awarded at the London International Creative Competition.
Another project he shot in Georgia, 'Women Living in the Sanatorium', won anaward at the International Color Awards in 2020.
Photos from the ISTANBUL FISHERMEN project, which he worked on for about five years and whose shooting was completed in early 2022 received:.
‘Gold Winner’ award, in the New York Photography Awards 2022, Black & White Photography - Poeple category and 'Silver Winner' award in the Culture category;.
'Gold Winner' award in the Poeple-Culture category at the European Photography Awards 2022;.
'Silver Winner' award in the Editorial Photography-Documentary category at the Muse Photography Awards..
And he was named 'Nominee' at the 15th International Color Awards..
ISTANBUL FISHERMEN project was exhibited at Bomontiada, Istanbul between 03-18 December 2022. The project will be published as the artist's third book in 2023..
The artist continues to work on his new project, which he will shoot in 12 different countries.
EXHIBITIONS
Cagla Cabaoglu Gallery Group Show - 2015
Art Bornova Contemporary Stories - 2016
42 Maslak Art Space Gallery - Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery Contemporary Stories 2 - 2016
"Scope Miami Beach" - International Contemporary Art Show - 2016
"Water World" - Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Solo Exhibition - 2017
"Genetically Unmodified Human" – Bebek, My Art Gallery - Solo Exhibition – 2020
“Fishermen of Istanbul” – Bomontiada, My Art Gallery – Solo Exhibition - 2022
