hakkiceylan

I was born and raised in Istanbul in 1973. I'm originally from the north; that is, I grew up with the Black Sea culture. I graduated from ITU Faculty of Shipbuilding and for many years I.T. I worked in the industry, then I resigned and switched to the Tourism sector.

I bought my first camera from the Russian Market at that time in 1989, I was in high school. My interest in photography has continued to increase since then. It has been at the center of my life for the past fifteen, twenty years. I take photos and write about the photo. As I travel a lot due to my job, I have contact with people from every culture and region. The photo turns out to be a combination of what's happening around me and those in my mind.

The last shape my perspective on life takes is simply: Zen. Since I think Street Photography is the only way to combine photography with Zen, I am only interested in street photography recently. In Zen, the target is the road itself. I do not take photos for a purpose, I do not have a claim to document or create artwork, and in my photos, the purpose is simply that photo itself.