Iranabak photography exhibition at Depo, Istanbul
ÖZCAN AĞAOĞLU
www.ozcanagaoglu.com
21 January - 25 February 2012
Opening: 20 January 2012 Friday, 18:30
Depo hosts documentary photographer Özcan Ağaoğlu’s third solo exhibition titled İranabak after his works Tren [Train] and Sokakların Sesi Küba [The Sound of Streets: Cuba]. During a period of four years between 2006 and 2009 Ağaoğlu traveled in many different cities in Iran and took photographs.
With his distinctive point of view, Özcan Ağaoğlu documented the social life of Iran, its religious rituals, the Islamic Republic and its human relations, drug issues, life behind closed doors and finally the presidential elections in 2009. The stories in each frame reveal the aesthetic and universal dimensions of documentary photography while the surrealist dimension of photography is manifested in the reflection photographs taken with skill. The photographs of both the surprises in the social life of Iran and those related to drugs issues and the elections indicate the intense experience of producing this project. Another important aspect of the exhibition is that the photographs were printed by Ağaoğlu himself in his own dark room.
The famous National Geographic photographer Reza Deghati, who wrote the afterword for the book İranabak has said: “It’s been years since such a precise, exhaustive, meticulous and extraordinary point of view has aroused my interest and preoccupied my mind. Each one of the photographs not only depicts an exact picture of society, but also a portrait of superior technical qualities.” In his article about İranabak, Doğan Hızlan has described the work with the following sentence: “After seeing the photographs and reading the texts in the book, I reached the conclusion that we don’t know our neighbor well enough.”
The book İranabak was produced with the support of Anadolu Kültür, designed by Joelle İmamoğlu and published by Masa Publications.
DEPO’s Address: Tütün Deposu Lüleci Hendek Caddesi No.12 Tophane 34425 İstanbul
So tonight
Gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
An’ just enjoy yourself
Groove
Let the madness in the music get to you
From Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Uniqlo’s Two Hands Policy
I was at Uniqlo today. Twice. When I was making a purchase the first time around, I noticed that the cashier took my credit card with two hands and gave it back to me with two hands.
When it happened again the second time with a different cashier, I asked what that was about.
Turns out, it’s a Japanese tradition - two hands and full eye contact. They are keeping that little nuance at all of their locations worldwide. Really smart and simple example of branding a company.
on repeat
RSVP
R.S.V.P. stands for a French phrase, “répondez, s’il vous plaît,” which means “please reply.”
Can’t believe I found that out just now.
Source: people.howstuffworks.com
Ella Fitzgerald - Let’s do it
Here’s someone you should know about - Serge Gainsbourg.
J’avoue, j’en ai bavé, pas vous, mon amour Avant d’avoir eu vent de vous, mon amour. Ne vous déplaise, en dansant la Javanaise Nous nous aimions, le temps d’une chanson. À votre avis, qu’avons-nous vu de l’amour ? De vous à moi, vous m’avez eu mon amour. Ne vous déplaise, en dansant la Javanaise Nous nous aimions, le temps d’une chanson. Hélas, avril, en vain, me voue à l’amour. J’avais envie de voir en vous cet amour. Ne vous déplaise, en dansant la Javanaise. Nous nous aimions, le temps d’une chanson. La vie ne vaut d’être vécue sans amour Mais c’est vous qui l’avez voulu, mon amour. Ne vous déplaise, en dansant la Javanaise Nous nous aimions, le temps d’une chanson.
Moments before I was blown away by Irene.
The photo was taken by Kerem Alper who duly noted that this was a great example of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s decisive moment.
