Ara Güler
Ara Güler(Armenian:Արա Կիւլեր,August 16, 1928 – October 17, 2018) was an Armenian-Turkishphotojournalist.He was nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul".[1][2]He was "one of Turkey's few internationally known photographers".[3]He was born inIstanbul.
Güler traveled on assignment toIran,Kazakhstan,Afghanistan,Pakistan,India,Kenya,New Guinea,Borneo,as well as all parts of Turkey.[4]In the 1970s he photographed politicians and artists such asWinston Churchill,Indira Gandhi,Maria Callas,John Berger,Bertrand Russell,Willy Brandt,Alfred Hitchcock,Ansel Adams,Imogen Cunningham,Marc Chagall,Salvador DalíandPablo Picasso.
Güler's archive contains some 800,000photographic slides.[5]
Güler died in Istanbul on October 17, 2018 from aheart attack,aged 90.[6]
References
[change|change source]- ↑"Ara Güler'in Hayatı"(in Turkish). fotograf.net.Archivedfrom the original on 29 November 2009.Retrieved2009-12-04.
- ↑"Ara Güler Kimdir?"(in Turkish). Ara Güler.Retrieved2009-12-04.
- ↑Kettmann, Steve (2005-09-25)."A Photo Show on a Pogrom 50 Years Ago Is Itself Attacked by a Mob".New York Times.Retrieved23 February2013.
- ↑"Dosyalar-Ara Güler"(in Turkish). Yapı. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-10-02.Retrieved2009-12-04.
- ↑Kürkçüoğlu, S. Sabri (May 2002)."Türkiye'de Yüzyılın Fotoğrafçısı Ara Güler ile Urfa, Harran ve Nemrut Üzerine Söyleşi"(in Turkish). Hezarfen-Paralax. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-12-10.Retrieved2009-12-04.
- ↑Renowned Turkish photographer Ara Guler dies at 90[permanent dead link]
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