Thanks to Ami Vitale for posting on Facebook about ‘Time in Turkey‘, which includes work by some of the finest photojournalist from around the world who were invited to celebrate 25 years of publication by the daily newspaper Zaman by telling “stories in photos that reflect life and issues unique to Turkey from their particular points of view.”
The work is being put on site photographer by photographer, and at the moment Rena Effendi, Steve McCurry, Anders Petersen, Anthony Suau, Reza and Ami Vitale have their sets of pictures on line, so we still have work by a very long list – Jane Evelyn Atwood, Bruno Barbey, Samuel Bollendorff, Eric Bouvet, Kathryn Cook, Claudine Doury, Carolyn Drake, Nikos Economopoulos, George Georgiou, Harry Gruyaert, Guillaume Herbaut, Ed Kashi, Massimo Mastrorillo, Davide Monteleone, Christopher Morris, Paolo Pellegrin, Gaël Turine, Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt and Vanessa Winship to look forward to.
The pictures from the project are also being published in the newspaper and displayed in shows around Turkey, and you can see some of the spreads and pictures of the shows on the news page of the site.
Ami’s pictures as always appeal to me for their clarity and warmth, and along with some rather amazing landscapes it is her pictures of people that I find move me most. I still have very fond memories of meeting her and hearing her talk in Poland some years ago, not to mention sharing pizzas at Alcatraz in Bielsko with her, Eikoh Hosoe and a few more photographers.
I also very much liked the set of pictures by Anders Petersen, perhaps a little more tender than some of his work. Rena Effendi has some nice pictures of people on the street and dancing, while Steve McCurry tackles whirling dervishes (a subject I’ve photographed a couple of times in Tooting!*) Anthony Suaa’s work I find more difficult to feel much empathy with, perhaps because of the kind of people and life he has photographed, dealing largely with the rich and successful, and I find it hard to see what he is saying about them although I admire some of the pictures. Reza’s long exposure blurs are perhaps just not my cup of tea, although sometimes it can be effective.
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Whirling Dervishes from Lancashire perform in Tooting – Peter Marshall, 2009
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My London Diary : Buildings of London : River Lea/Lee Valley : London’s Industrial Heritage
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