Freelance journalist/photojournalistFreelance Photojournalist
Jan. 2008Istanbul, TurkeyI produce photo essays, visual features, and portraits on a range of issues, specialising in social-political topics, portraits, LGBTİ rights, migration/asylum, and identity. Based in Turkey since early 2012, and roaming the Middle East and South Asia prior to that, covering breaking news, and personal projects. I try to approach heavily covered topics with a new and conceptual focus to engage the reader. My work has been published widely online and in print media, predominantly in Europe, North America, and Asia. I’m a contributing photographer to many leading publications, websites, corporate clients, NGOs, and online news sources. Pulitzer Centre grantee 2019 National Geographic Society Fellow 2019/2020 Salzburg Global Forum member I’ve gained a large amount of experience in commercial and advertising commissions over the past decade, and in the Bollywood film industry as a on-set photographer for several productions across Europe.