'Following authenticity in life through the medium of a lens'.
My acquaintance with photography came when I first held my father's analogue camera at the age of twelve. By my twenties, I discovered the alchemy of light and memory in the quiet of a small darkroom, as images slowly and silently emerged. Years later, on a journey to South Asia, travelling alone with my rucksack, not just to see the world but to understand myself within it, my companion this time was a digital camera. This journey became a quest for meaning, self-expression and existence. Accompanied only by my intuition and my camera, I travelled alone through six countries. After a hiatus of many years, photography became a language that allowed me to reconnect with myself.
Photography allows me to view the world from new perspectives and understand it on a deeper, more intuitive level. Drawing on my background in psychology, the faces, places and stories I seek out with my camera become a mirror reflecting my inner world. My curiosity about people, cultures and the ways geography shapes who we are invites me, along with my camera, to see the world. By witnessing lives in other lands, I am gradually discovering my authentic self beyond cultural boundaries, inherited beliefs, and social norms and expectations. Photography is my bridge to the world, the purest language I know to express what I feel and who I am.
BIO
She was born in Bursa, Turkey. She completed her Bachelor of Business Administration in Turkey, followed by a Bachelor of Psychology and a Master of Organisational Psychology in London, England.
She began taking photographs with her father's camera when she was 12 years old and took her first serious step into the world of photography by enrolling in the IFSAK Foundations of Photography training. Living in different parts of the world and travelling to countless countries, she sought ways to express her cross-cultural experiences through the language of photography.
She completed the Professional Photography Program at Spéos Photo Video CGI school in Paris in 2022. Subsequently, she graduated from the Photography and Camera Operation Diploma Program at Anadolu University in Turkey.
In her work, which centres on the relationship between psychology and photography, she explores inner narratives about journeys of identity and self. Since 2021, she has been working on a long-term photography project that questions the ‘essence of womanhood’ and continues to work as an advertising photographer at the studio she founded.
EXHIBITIONS / Awards
15th Bursa International Photography Festival, FotoFest 2025 - Personal Exhibition 'Woman-Being Vol. 1'.
Vizör Grup, Group Exhibition, 'Chain', 2025, Nazım Hikmet Kültir Merkezi, Bursa, Turkey.
14th Bursa International Photography Festival, FotoFest 2024 - Open Call - Urban Defiance - 6 Photos
Bodfad Group Exhibition, 'Akaf 23', 2023, Artemisia Exhibition Centre, Bodrum, Turkey.