Category Archives: People

Gezi Park

Several months ago I published a mini series of images that was inspired by the summer riots of Istanbul- resISTANBUL.  Just over a year after I wanted to share the actual images from the numerous days that thousands of people protested not only to save a small green space in the centre of urban Istanbul, but also to protect the voices of millions against a government that is getting more corrupt each day.

The images were taken with a digital camera and then converted to film to allow a complete tactile control of the printing process.  As the actual voice of a protestor is stronger than a digital signature or “like” on a social media platform, processing with analog techniques felt absolutely right for this body of work.

Balat House

I had memories. S/He had memories. We had memories. They had memories. Those were just fleeting moments that are imprinted on our minds and etched onto the landscape where it occurred like the remains of a rusty nail holding up the portrait of a lost loved one.

Balat is a neighbourhood of Istanbul that remains unchanged and not developed for many decades. Visiting this place is almost like time travelling and watching the memories of those around you that you are yet to meet, yet to talk and yet to touch.

Void of the 5 senses, you can feel the essence of this place through your aura and through your physical cage. You can feel their love, their pain and their loss. You can imagine their dreams, fears and desires.

Gamelan Attitude

Gamelan Attitude

The Medicine Woman

The Medicine Woman

Margaret- Life and Death

Margaret

 

Margaret Thatcher or otherwise known as “The Iron Lady” is a little bit like marmite, people either loved or hated her.  As part of my photography diploma application I had to photograph for a news article for an UK newspaper on the 13/04/13, between the pages of 2 and 6.  This date happened to coincide to the over-saturation of articles about her and I decided to produce a photograph dedicated to Margaret.

Instead of following politics I prefer trying to see rainbows and look out for unicorns and fairy dust, hence why I did not have a solid opinion of her.  I wanted to portray the reaction of her death as neutral as possible.

The scene may represent a celebration of her life or death.  The vividness of the grass and the blue flowers outlining our protagonist represents new beginnings and life itself where as the over indulged motionless body next to the empty bottles of alcohol represent death.

During this shoot, my model Joel and I were mobbed by curious teenagers and found ourselves explaining what we were trying to do to our hardest critics.

I did get into the college by the way and I am very excited to start on 17th September 2013!

Bitter slumber

Bitter slumber

Hard hat yellows

Hard hat yellows

Agent provocateur

Agent provocateur

Marginal

Marginal

Lights and camera

Lights and camera