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Born in 1969, Ankara, completed his education at Ankara TED College and then Istanbul Technical University, majoring in Electric & Electronic Engineering. Currently, he is continuing his education at Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Communication, majoring in Cinema and Television Arts, getting his masters degree. Having started photography in 1992, he participated in many mixed and personal exhibitions and gave many workshops and courses on photography. He is still continuing his career in this field. Being especially interested in commercial architectural and documentary photography, he developed many projects on these subjects. He continued his journey as an architectural photography instructor at the Mimar Sinan University. In 2010 his work took place in the album of "90 photographers 90 Istanbul" of the 9th year of National Geographic in Turkey.He was selected to be an ambassador of SONY in Turkey in the year 2013 and SONY Alpha Universe Ambassador in 2018. He is also the founder of "Istanbul Hatirasi Fotograf Merkezi"
ExhiBitionS
2005 World Trade Center, Geneva, Sweden
2005 A Non-Crippled Life – Foundation for a Non-Crippled Life, Ankara (Collective Exhibition)
2006 Breath – Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center, Istanbul
2006 As part of Istanbul 1st Photography Bienal, It (This, that, the one, the other one, current, previous next), Devoted to the Moment (Collective exhibition), Darphane-i Amire, Istanbul
2010 +1 - Berlin Türkevi, Berlin Germany
2011 Kurgu - Collective Exhibition, Istanbul Hatırası Photography Center & Turkey Chamber of Architects
2012 +1 Fototrek Photography Center, Istanbul
2012 +1 Tefsad, Tekirdag
2013 Bird Fancier – Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul (Curator and Member of Collective Documentary Project)
2020 Solids in Liquid Phases - The Gallery in the Palais de l’Europe Strasbourg
AwaRdS
2008 Black & White Spider Awards Honorable Mention – People
2008 Black & White Spider Awards Honorable Mention – Photojournalism
2010 IPA International Photography Awards Honorable Mention – People
2010 IPA International Photography Awards Honorable Mention – Industry
2011 IPA International Photography Awards Honorable Mention – Professional One Shot: The Landscape
2011 Black & White Spider Awards Honorable Mention – Still Life
2014 Black & White Spider Awards Honorable Mention –Photojournalism
2016 black & white spider awards honorable mention –photojournalism
2016 black & white spider awards honorable mention –people
2019 black & white spider awards honorable mention –people
2019 black &white spider awards 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction