Heidi Trautmann

1102: Işıkla Yolculuk – Travel with Light - FODER Photography Exhibition at the AKM Nicosia
6/26/2021


By Heidi Trautmann

 

An artist and friend, said to me once, when she was still alive, young and energetic, in the interview we did together, something which stayed with me ever since, as a true formula for the basic understanding of art. “Art begins in our head and not at the tip of the brush”. Her name is Rüya Reşat.

This is my answer to the opinion that sometimes reigns in society: photography is not art, it is copying of what is already there, the photographers just press the button. That is not true. You need to be able to see and to understand, you need to use your senses to understand the situation, the being in front of you, you need to experiment with light, natural and artificial light and you need to be patient to wait for the right moment in many cases. To wait for the right moment. We know that light is the most important factor in photography - but also in painting – but it is interesting to research the whole spectrum, to make it work for you. With light comes reflection, shadow, things you can use to work for your results. And in the end, it is experience which brings the success.

In this last exhibition by FODER where 36 photographers, members of the photography association, were showing 123 works, you could observe quite clearly, that they have fully understood the facts I mentioned here.

Photography is definitely art when you once have come to understand the work and study that lies behind it. There are more aspects to photography than art, that is information, recording, communication, research.

The works in the exhibition were mainly portraits, still lives under the influence of light and the reflection it has, not only physically but also to show feelings, moods, atmospheres. In some works the photographers showed images of the heavy influence of the pandemic on the human mind during the last months, it is like arranging a theatre scene.

While I was there on the last day of the exhibition I caught two artists/writers discussing some works, especially composition which is a very important factor in photography but also in the fine arts, composition of colours, the law of the golden ratio applied in arts.

The exhibition was only open for three days but I think it had met with vivid interest. 

 

Photography has gained a very important position in society and also in education.

 

 



Names of photographers
Names of photographers


Asım Eğitmen
Asım Eğitmen


Ayse Kocaismail
Ayse Kocaismail


Burçin Özkuş
Burçin Özkuş


Cansu Kurnaz
Cansu Kurnaz


Cemal Okur
Cemal Okur


Cemaliye Pelit Kavani
Cemaliye Pelit Kavani


Durmuş Bıyıklı
Durmuş Bıyıklı


Duyal Tüzün
Duyal Tüzün


Erman Altınçay
Erman Altınçay


Fergün Ulual
Fergün Ulual


Giray Karahasan
Giray Karahasan


Giray Karahasan
Giray Karahasan


Gökhan Gökberk
Gökhan Gökberk


Gülnur Tokay
Gülnur Tokay


Gülnur Tokay
Gülnur Tokay


Halil Olgu
Halil Olgu


Harun Said
Harun Said


Hayriye Koryürek
Hayriye Koryürek


Hüseyin Akokçu
Hüseyin Akokçu


Hüseyin Akokcu
Hüseyin Akokcu


Kaan Tükkar
Kaan Tükkar


Korman Kocaismail
Korman Kocaismail


Leman Arikbuka
Leman Arikbuka


Leman Ü. Sakallizade
Leman Ü. Sakallizade


Mustafa Erkan
Mustafa Erkan


Neray Oykan
Neray Oykan


Ramadan Gümüşok
Ramadan Gümüşok


Seniha Öztemiz Tulgar
Seniha Öztemiz Tulgar


Sinem Eğitmen Gümüşok
Sinem Eğitmen Gümüşok


Sunalp Çelebi
Sunalp Çelebi


Serife Soygür Kahyalar
Serife Soygür Kahyalar


Teyfik Ulual
Teyfik Ulual


Tamer Tulgar
Tamer Tulgar


Veysi Canateş
Veysi Canateş


Yasemin Küçükçiloğlu
Yasemin Küçükçiloğlu


Yildiz Özkan
Yildiz Özkan


Zerrin Erdilek
Zerrin Erdilek






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