Jan and I are in Istanbul, visiting family and friends. In less than a week, Elif and Mina will arrive to spend the rest of our time together. I felt the same way as I did last year, the city I used to know and enjoy very much was gonee. In its place was a different town which I nicknamed last year, Towertown. Of course, fitting to the scene was … [Read more...]
The Raping of Istanbul, and Elsewhere
There is a Turkish song, "I don't like Istanbul at all anymore" in which a lover laments the lost love. And that reflects my current state of mind. The city that graced the shores of the Bosphorus for centuries, bridging east and west, the melting pot of diverse cultures is being raped and the obscenity continues every day. The erect towers are the … [Read more...]
Capitol Shopping Mall
They Love English Jan and I visited the nearby Capitol Shopping Mall to look around and pick up a few souvenirs yesterday. The first thing that struck me, and Jan too, that the mall looked very much like the malls around us in the US. This, in and of itself, is quite understandable as the model is applicable all over the world. The local branches … [Read more...]
Flowers of Summer
Flowers are perennial photographic subjects, I started the season a couple of weeks ago when Jim and I decided to visit the fields of lotus. While waiting for him to pick me up I started with our front yard. Stalks of Liatris had turned purple already with the rest creating a sea of texture. The most prominent flower in the yard is the huge spread … [Read more...]
Old Houses of Adana
This post is a rewrite of something old, more than a dozen years. I wanted to write this again since the original slide show is no longer visible, and has not been visible for many years. It is both for the record and to restart the conversation about preserving the character, texture, and history of cities and towns which has been considered … [Read more...]
Sacred Spaces, II
I have shown the photographs of Hagia Sophia in several exhibits since 2010 and along with that you might have seen the photographs from Panagia Isodion church in Istanbul. If you missed the previous exhibits and would like to see these unique photographs you have one more chance. Sacred Spaces Large and Small: Hagia Sophia & Panagia … [Read more...]
Cape Cod 2014
(The opening photograph above shows what I perceive as the typical texture of Cape Cod, pine needles and twigs) Last July I received an invitation from Cape Cod Vievfinders Camera Club (CCVFCC) in Harwich to make a presentation to their members. After a few e-mail exchanges with Joe Hintz the vice president of the club, we settled on a date and … [Read more...]
Yesil Cami (Green Mosque) Bursa
Thanks to my young friends Erdinc and Canan who took me to the dome of Hagia Sophia, provided an exclusive access to Panagia Isodion in Istanbul, I got a chance to visit the Green Mosque (Yesil Cami) in Bursa when I was in Turkey in 2012. They had just finished their restorative work and the mosque was getting ready for its official opening in a … [Read more...]
Sabun Ustaları
(Read an English version of this post) 2012 yılında Ayvalık'ta ziyaret ettiğim küçük sabun atölyesi hakkındaki bu gönderi, uzun süredir ilgilenmemi bekliyordu. Araya türlü engeller girdiğinden, gerçekten ilginç olan bu deneyimimi sizlerle paylaşma fırsatını bulamamıştım. O günleri aklımdan geçirdiğimde, iki farklı ziyaretimi dün gibi capcanlı … [Read more...]
Soapmakers
(Bu yazıyı Türkçe oku) This is a long overdue post about a small soap making workshop in Ayvalik that I visited back in 2012. Many things interfered and I have not had a chance to share this experience, a very interesting one indeed. Looking back, I remembered the two visits I made to the place and enjoyed remembering everything anew. I had … [Read more...]
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