It’s a Leica

Chit chat session with Umut, some strange place in Beyoğlu

Taksim Square

Çiğdem killing some time before the movie

I missed the bus thus I was forced to use light rail system for the following 90 minutes

In about 15 minutes from Zeytinburnu to Sirkeci, this guy sitting across me kept talking his buddy’s head off jumping from one subject to another. At the moment I know everything about CNC machines, recent street railway accidents, his father’s memoirs in jail, shock heating techniques of milk production factories, reasons of dramatic failure in GS Store profits and the ability of Teknosa shop assistants

Talked everyone to death

This man replaced the young know-it-all, looking around he noticed my camera and directly asked if I am studying photography. Sick of hearing this question. The point is film is not considered to be something one can willingly deal with, anymore.

Walked from one end to the other in the rail car to make a photo of this interesting figure

From light rail to bus

From bus to subway. I feel better in underground

10 hours of power outage in Şişli area

Next day we had 2nd birthday party of 1000 volt. Çiğdem getting ready for the stage

On the way to the place. the party roll is a Trix pushed to 3200. Developed in HC-110, 15 minutes at 20°C (1:31)

I had no hope that anything could turn out well in that light

We had this Berlin-based bass heavy trio Jahcoozi on the stage

..and they rocked

Luca in the crowd, I remember shooting this one

The last thing I remember was that Pınar jumped onto the stage

Some random face from the audience

Definitely my favorite from the night. Love the expression of the smoking girl

See the grand guy staring at me? Seconds later we bumped into eachother and he started shooting questions at me about lens, aperture, etc. Being drunk and snob I said It’s a leica and walked away, he should have cursed me

It started to get crowded inside, there was literally no room to step. And we left

March 2008, Istanbul