Ara Güler's Istanbul - Hardcover

Ara Güler's Istanbul; Orhan Pamuk

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500543860 ISBN 13: 9780500543863

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

This book is a vivid photographic record of daily life in Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s. Captured through the unerring lens of the award winning Ara Güler, the Eye of Istanbul, it reflects the citys melancholy aesthetic as it oscillates between tradition and modernity. Gülers remarkable duotone photographs are accompanied by evocative commentaries from Orhan Pamuk, another leading figure in Turkish culture. Both writer and photographer each held in their youth the ambition of becoming a painter. Here, each in his own way paints a brushless picture of his hometown and captures, through image and word, its very soul.

About this title

Review:

'Turkey's greatest photographer'
--Amateur Photographer

About the Author:

Born in 1928,Ara Guler is not only one of the masters of photography inTurkey, but holds a prominent place in the pantheon of the world's great photographers. In 1958 he became a photojournalist for Time-Life, Paris Match and Der Stern. He has received countless awards, and has photographed many luminaries includingWinston Churchill, Indira Gandhi, Bertrand Russell,Alfred Hitchcock, Maria Callas, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0500543860
• ISBN 13: 9780500543863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184