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Film - organic photography, by Gülben Şaş
"I love surprises and film photography is filled up with those." Tell us about yourself. I am 27 and from Istanbul, Turkey. About to work as a marketing manager in a global startup. When and how did the film journey begin for you? It was absolutely a coincidence! When I was in college in another city, I visited my friends in Istanbul. So we thought that would be nice to capture our fun day together. Non of us didn't have fancy phones back then, so we grabbed a cheap disposable camera
Alone on the streets, by Metin Arslan
"A big city that people live in mass numbers but basically walk alone." Tell us about yourself. I'm from Turkey, living in Istanbul. 24 years old. Currently I'm a film student but I do daily jobs or freelance works when I need money. How did your film hourney begin? My journey with film began with finding an old film camera (compact and really cheap one) in my parents house two years ago. Meanwhile I had been shooting with a digital camera. After I saw the results, film had me instantl
[NSFW] Gokhan Ipekkan. An adventurer
"Just go out on the streets no matter what gear you have, it's not that important." Tell us about yourself I'm 25 years old, a Turkish adventurer guy. Currently I study in Poland as a 5 year full-time Master of Arts student in Cinematography in Lodz Film School. I've been earning from photography as a freelancer for more than 2 years now. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I jumped through photography and digital cameras considering having very sharp images and making
A passion for Smena 8m by Murat Uğur Eminoğlu
"Beginners. Start, do not stop, and try over and over again!" Tell us about yourself. I am 30 years old and live in Turkey. I am system manager, in other words an IT man. When and how did the film journey begin for you? When I got bored taking pictures with digital cameras 4 years ago, I started to develop a great interest in analogue photography. Since then, I have had a passion for analogue photography. What Could we always find in your gear bag? "Smena 8m" is an irreplaceable
City rush on film, by Oğuzhan Abdik
"In the beginning I was shooting for memories" Tell us about yourself. I am 27 and live in İstanbul. I am an architect. I own an office and my team consist of eight architects. My office is based in the very center of İstanbul. I spent most of my time in the office with designing spaces. I try to initiate a new start up on designing furniture and lighting. I usually don’t have time for photography because of the work. But I am trying to integrate photography with architecture and every othe
Pinhole cameras from Istanbul. Warning: they're addictive!
From shooting to enlarging - everything at home! In our quest to find analog photographers all over the world, we stumbled upon some talented young fellas who don't just shoot analog. They help others to shoot, develop and 'print', doing all the process at home. Curiosity struck, we talked to them, and here's what we found out: Tell us about this great project. Bu Bi Kamera project began back in 2013, when our founder, Erbil Sivaslıoğlu was having hard time with finding a proper, cheap da
Engineer by day but always film photographer. Selin Yanikara
"My second camera was a Pentax K1000; the “student” camera. Since then I can’t stop!" Tell us about yourself. I’m 26 and live in United States for 3 years now, (I’m originally from Turkey). I’m an engineer by day, currently getting my PhD in Boston. When I have time outside work and my research (even when I have tons to do), I walk around the city for hours and shoot film. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I was always into photography, but I started shooting film in 201
Analog recordings from İstanbul with Sina Ademir
"Photography, I believe should be done with analog recordings because I believe there is spirit in analog recordings." Tell us about yourself. I was born in Ankara, I am from İstanbul, Turkey and I am 27 years old. When and how did the film journey begin for you? When I was in college in 2009, one of my best friends got me into film photography. What type of film do you usually shoot and what made you choose it? I like to store many kinds of film and photography chemicals in my frid
Meet Ali from Turkey
"I am Ali Can and my nickname is Cantarikati." Tell us about yourself. I am 20 years old and I am from Cappodocia, Turkey. I am a student at Kocaeli University. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I don't like digital so i started to use films 3 months ago. What type of film do you usually shoot and what made you choose it? I'm usually using Fuji c200 and sometimes using Ilford pan400 black and white film. I choose them because they're easy to find. What camera makes