My journey into art has started in Istanbul, Turkey with a non-visual art form: poetry. I have been writing poems since before I even knew how to write, and I have published two books so far. I believe that experience of mine to be the defining quality in my photographic art. My photography tends to be dark and mysterious, and the majority can be classified as surrealistic work. My different cultural background affects and inspires me, and what people go through emotionally, that they can feel so much in one day greatly interest me.
As for the themes in my photographs: I work with water a lot, trying to show the feeling of freedom, letting go, being trapped and helpless. However, water means freedom and purification, so I try to demonstrate that contradictory relationship. This deep connection I have with water, having lived on the sea while growing up and also being a scuba diver has found its way into my art.
Time is another theme in my photographs, and it is a big part of my everyday anxiety. Reflection of age, ticking clock of expectations, being emotionally young but otherwise feeling very old, the passage of time are some of the ideas that I explore.
To sum up, I connect water and time together in my photography showing what lies in my subconscious.
“Life Paused”
“Leaving”
“coming out”
“Self within”
“The Nightmare never left”
“Clock Dream II”
