if Photo Collective

If you want to remember, don’t forget to take photo.

The photographers of “if Photo Collective” are sharing their voice of conscience with the world using the photographic language. In this context, she takes aim that performs effective transfers with photojournalist, conceptual and experimental approaches. Photojournalist approach by directing the elements of what life in the execution of the jobs, nor photographic reality does not intervene with the software manipulation.

Aims that to recognize each other as citizens primarily with photographs and intellectual transformation for a more democratic society.

Photographers

1-Almila Kuş (1966)

She started to take photos in year 2011. The thing that she integrated herself with photography production is not fitting in to single mold or a single color. She aimed to increase awareness via images and transfer this with insight of documentary and street photography.

2-Burak Türk

He participated studies of Vizör Workshop and various studies within the scope of Bursa Photographic Art Society (BUFSAD) since year 2010. He is continuing his studies at if Photo Collective by the goal of producing more qualified photos at each step.

3-Ceyhun Kandemir (1979)

He aspired to take better photos with professional approach since year 2011. Either with trainings or following publications with photographic approach he is still continues as amateur photographer.

4-Gökşen Coşkunyuva

As the youngest member of the team even her acquaintance date backs year 2006, this acquaintance starts to find its meaning by the photography studies given in year 2010 at university. Photographer who meets with producing projects first started to produce photo-interviews and then focused on conceptual works.

5-Güler Çelik

She started to interested in amateur photography starting from year 2010. She continues to develop herself by the trainings and workshops at Bursa Photographic Art Society (BUFSAD) and Çekim Kuvveti Akademi.

6-Hasan Kasapoğlu

He started his photography journey with a film camera and dia films in year 2004. Between the years of 2006 and 2012 he took education at Marmara University’s Faculty of Fine Arts’ Photography Department. He has founded Çekim Kuvveti Fotoğraf Akademi at Bursa in year 2011. He organized trainings and workshops. He still continues his undergraduate education at Marmara University’s Faculty of Fine Arts’ Photography Department by Post Graduate education on “New Media: Mabile Photography and Photojournalism” and giving lectures at Faruk Saraç Design Vocational High School of Photography and Cameraman Department as academic teaching assistant.

7-Hüseyin Yılmaz

Hüseyin Yılmaz born at the year of 1968 in Malatya. He studied primary school in Malatya and finished secondary school and high school at İzmir Bornova Anatolian High School. In year 2010 he finished Marmara University’s Fine Arts’ Photography Department. In same year he took part as founding partner at Espas Sanat Kuram Publishing. He carried out translation and editor duties at publishing house until year 2014. He translated “Street Photography” book into Turkish. He was one of the translators of “Education of Photographer”. He translated books of Being a Photographer (David Hurn), and Witnesses In Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers (Ken Light). He is one of the co-producer of the Dog Food magazine that published in English which based on cynic philosophy for photographers. He is working on documentary photography and he has photography and video works like Bed Sitter (Bekar Odası), Street Singers (Sokak Şarkıcıları), Last Music Hall at Tarlabaşı (Tarlabaşı’nda Son Müzikhol).

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