Poignant photos by acclaimed photojournalist on display in Tbilisi
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They say a picture tells a thousand words.
But those who visit a Tbilisi exhibition will be left speechless after seeing moments captured in time by one of the world’s most acclaimed photo-journalists.
Beginning this Friday a two-week exhibition of images depicting life in Istanbul, taken by award-winning Armenian-Turkish photographer Ara Güler, will be presented at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery in capital Tbilisi.
Güler – a self-described ‘visual historian’ – is known in the photographic world as the ‘Eye of Istanbul’ for his photographs of the city on the boundary between the East and the West.
Focusing on photography as a vehicle of journalistic reflection rather than an art form, Güler has featured in a number of publications including a series on public celebrities and locations in Turkey.
A portrait of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali by Ara Güler. Photo from www.araguler.com.tr.
Working primarily in black-and-white photography, Güler aimed to capture everyday experiences and hardships of people in an urban environment.
The settings of his photographs were greatly varied but they all captured snippets of life in Istanbul, using people as the focus of the images.
During his career Güler was a photographer of the famous Magnum Photos international community and later a member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers. His work was internationally acclaimed and he received commissions from numerous international magazines including Time-Life, Stern and Newsweek.
Among other prizes, he was awarded France’s highest decoration the Legion of Honour in 2000 and the Lucie Award for Lifetime Achievement in the United States in 2009.
Güler’s works will be exhibited at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery in Tbilisi from October 16-31.
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