ERSIN TATAR – Through my Lens

Photo Exhibition at the Ismet Güney Art Centre Nicosia, 08 – 16 August 2020

By Heidi Trautmann

The Prime Minister Ersin Tatar says in his invitation to the exhibition that his idea was to share his photographic impressions of his homeland with the public in order to support the Kemal Saraçoğlu Foundation for Children with Leukemia and Cancer, to help the children suffering from the terrible diseases and to raise the awareness in society.

Approximately 85 photographs tell the viewer of Ersin Tatar’s love for the island of Cyprus, for the beauty of its nature, for its unique combination of mountain and sea so close together. You can tell that Ersin Tatar is out for regular walks and you can see him stopping in front of flowering bushes and trees, bending down for small flowers, getting close to them, enjoying the sun rise or late in the day the sun set. It reminds one of our own walks stopping in wonder in front of a field with poppies, lilies and other spring flowers. The clear and transparent air Cyprus is famous for and many artists have been praising, allows the eye of the walker to see far over the foothills with its villages until it meets the sea. On his walks the photographer meets with stray dogs and he seems to make friends with them and his encounters with people are well observed, people in the markets, working the fruit of their fields, the appreciation of their work and their love of life.

The photographs have an absolutely natural and rather emotional approach which makes them so very touching. In today’s restless and problematic times where people are glued to their I-phones and forget the sound of a bird or the smell of jasmine, the reminding of it by sharing  one’s observations in our beautiful nature, is of utmost importance.

The exhibition will be open for another week and viewing times are 09.00 to 16:00 hrs.

 PS: The photos are sold at a very reasonable price....