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Ara Güler's Istanbul

Ara Güler's Istanbul

by Orhan Pamuk (Author), Ara Güler's Istanbul (Author)

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    Hardcover 2009

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Synopsis

This book is a vivid photographic record of daily life in Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s. Captured through the unerring lens of the award winning Ara Guler, the `Eye of Istanbul', it reflects the city's melancholy aesthetic as it oscillates between tradition and modernity. Guler's remarkable duotone photographs are accompanied by evocative commentaries from Orhan Pamuk, another leading figure in Turkish culture. Both writer and photographer each held in their youth the ambition of becoming a painter. Here, each in his own way paints a brushless picture of his hometown and captures, through image and word, its very soul.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 184
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Published: 12 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 0500543860
ISBN 13: 9780500543863
Book Overview: A portrait in photographs and texts of Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s, captured by two greats of contemporary Turkish culture

Media Reviews
'Turkey's greatest photographer ... Guler's work asks age-old questions about progress and innocence, and ultimately leaves it up to the viewer to decide which is more important to society' - Amateur Photographer
'Turkey's greatest photographer' - Amateur Photographer
Author Bio
Born in 1928,Ara Guler is not only one of the masters of photography inTurkey, but holds a prominent place in the pantheon of the world's great photographers. In 1958 he became a photojournalist for Time-Life, Paris Match and Der Stern. He has received countless awards, and has photographed many luminaries includingWinston Churchill, Indira Gandhi, Bertrand Russell,Alfred Hitchcock, Maria Callas, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.