Don’t Mess with my Home
Back to blogging with a packed, dirty post after a while. A lot happened meanwhile. At some point the chemicals and film prices went so freaking high in Turkey that I had to quit film and put everything on hold for a while. Finally found some time and enthusiasm to get the blog running again. Sharing stuff from here and there. Not much street on this one, mostly documenting stuff going around me as I go to places. All Tri-x between 800-2400 ISO shot with Leica M6 and Summicron 35mm V4
Starting with some photos from the set of Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowbows)
Background player having a rest
The artificial moon light
They literally built the whole town, even the interiors
I must say it was one of the best organized feature film sets I’ve ever been, but we still had to sleep in the car and wake up at 3am for a retake
The sequence they shot that night, we were responsible to make the butterfly and the tumbleweed at the end in CG.
Stopped by at Cumalıkızık on the way to Ayca’s wedding
A well-preserved Ottoman village with not so well street vendors
Postmodern backyard
3 by 3 by 3
That’s the question
Ayten signing the wedding guestbook
Gave a visit to Erkan’s, everything went fine until Çiğdem fell asleep in the doorway
A surprisingly quiet night at Çeliktepe. No street fights, no soldier send-off celebrations.
Some random coffee place
At the opening ceromony of Balat Art Square
A group of protesters broke into the place with their shirts labeled ”Don’t mess with my home”
They’ve been raising their voice against the slum clearance in Balat for a while, trying to take mayor’s attention this time
A foreign journalist taking notes (with a beautiful handwriting and amazing layout)
Çerkes Karadağ following the uproar
with Selvin Gafuroğlu
Mom
Phanar Greek Orthodox College
Edeple varis, Lütufla dönüş in a galaxy far, far away
Good luck with that
Back to office, side effects of working for commercials. Even the plush toy crashed
That’s what a post-production studio trash bin looks like
Erkan
Turgut
On the set for an Art-Documentary shooting at Hagia Irene, a 1600 year old historical Orthodox church in İstanbul
13 & 13, a 13 episode show produced by TRT, where artists and musicians meet up, perform their art, improvise and feed each other. Each episode is 13 minutes as you might guess
In this episode my father is accompanied by harpist Zeynep Öykü
Here is the final cut, if you are into that kind of stuff
Don’t remember exactly but it must be Tri-x rated at 1600
One of my favorites from the day, the triangles seem to work there
The coast is clear!
Behind the camera..
This one got printed on his latest book last year
Never been to the place before. Breathtaking ambiance.
The paintings from each episode find their way to an auction for charity.
Got his hands a bit dirty.
At least he finally has a Facebook profile photo, if you don’t mind the acrylic splashes
Chilling at home. Uykusuz & Turkish Coffee
Hanging out with Mark, Cihangir
Bayram morning, Ankara
^^
Studio visit
Mom
Looks like dad placed my darkroom prints on the best spot
Eyes on me
Mustafa Abi (and a Fatih Urunç in the back)
Confused
Arte İstanbul
Visiting Yunus Tonkuş
Some of his students’ works
Ready for the opening night
On the set of Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season). Crew setting up the fog for the scene
Smart way to protect an Arricam from rain
Leads catching their breath between takes, Şener Şen and Çetin Tekindor
Set photographer with a huge boner
Another break
He noticed my camera and called me over, we had a nice chat for a few of minutes. All the urban legends I heard about him seem to be true, though. Imagine the most strict teacher you had in high school. I couldn’t even ask for a photo.
Weekend visit to Dikmen family, Urla
Çınar chilling at the patio
Şinasi Dikmen talking about his upcoming projects
We agreed to buy their house if they ever decide to move back to Germany
Meanwhile in the kitchen
Çınarino
Visiting Cuma Ocaklı in his studio
Discussing his latest works
Good vibes
Nice
Streets of Alaçatı
Off to Eskişehir, as a proud member of The Underdevelopers Club
Walking around Odunpazarı
Nature wins
Çınar bending some air
How is “Masal Dünyası Yapılması İşi” going?
Gave a visit to the village where my father was born, countryside near Konya
All the family members moved to bigger cities over time and no one living in here any more. Adobe house is eventually falling apart.
İbrahim showing a hand-made walking stick. I’ve always liked those columns by the way
Door to manure storage room
Back to İstanbul, protesting government’s internet bans
With some nice people
Photo shooting session for the exhibition invitation card, 17mm
Mustafa Abi
Sis
Uncle Necati
Enough already?
October 2014, Istanbul
