The city's festival 212 PHOTOGRAPHY ISTANBUL ended in its sixth year with its comprehensive program spread on both sides of the city, with intense interest and high participation from the culture and arts audience.
The exhibitions and events of 212 Photography Istanbul, whose common language is photography, held at 21 locations with the participation of Turkish and international artists, met with more than 150 thousand participants.
Between 5 - 15 October 2023 T.R. 212 Photography Istanbul, the "Festival of the City" held with the contributions of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency, offered an interdisciplinary dialogue environment through the art of photography, which was also included in the Beyoğlu Culture Road Festival this year.
“Festival of the City” 212 Photography Istanbul, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Culture Department, IBB KÜLTÜR and Kültür AŞ, one of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality affiliate companies. With its comprehensive program in cooperation, it brought together more than 500 works of more than 60 artists with art lovers at 21 points. In addition to exhibitions, workshops, talks, concerts, film screenings, portfolio evaluations, 212 Photography Istanbul also included different topics such as publishing, design, urban culture, music and gastronomy in its program this year.
In its 6th year, supporters of the festival included Paribu, Jotun, Converse, Enerjisa, HP, Sephora, Brown Forman, Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, as well as the Dutch Consulate General, Norwegian Embassy, Institut Français Turkey, Israeli Consulate General in Istanbul and the Hungarian Cultural Center, while Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Turkey's most comprehensive collection focused on the new media field, was among the collaborators of the festival with the works it lent to the festival.
The program, which spreads to both sides of Istanbul with Moda İskelesi and Kadıköy Square and public spaces, Yapı Kredi bomontiada, Akaretler No:11, MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, St. It took place in 21 venues including Benoît Church, Taksim Sanat, Institut Français, Museum Gazhane, Yeldeğirmeni Sanat, Soho House, Akbank Sanat, MOMO, İstanbul Kitapçısı, Babylon, Zorlu PSM, Culinary Arts Academy, as well as Sinematek/Cinema Evi, Büyükdere35, Anna Laudel, Photohouse, Noks Art Space along with parallel exhibitions.
Ongoing Exhibitions and Parallel Programs
The ongoing exhibitions within the scope of the sixth year program of 212 Photography Istanbul, whose main program ended on October 15;
'We Encountered Each Other' exhibition at Taksim Sanat until 29 October, 'Magnificent Century' exhibition at Anna Laudel Istanbul until 5 November, Noks Art Space Nazlı Tuhera Moral's personal series 'Nobody, Nowhere' at until November 5, Astrid Yurdsever and Andrés Gutierrez's works exhibited at Photography until November 4, Institut français Turkey The exhibition 'Godard through the Eyes of Georges Pierre', prepared in partnership with and Sinematek/Cinema House , can be seen until December 9.
International 212 Photography Competition
212 Photography Istanbul, the most comprehensive international photography festival held in Turkey, is open to the participation of amateur and professional photographers of all ages in the international arena. This year's winner of the International 212 Photography Competition is Polish artist Michal Siarek .
This year, as every year, the jury of the competition, which is followed with interest, consists of influential and followed names in their field; Nederlands Fotomuseum board member, Docking Station co-founder and director Marga Rotteveel ; GUP Magazine chief editor, Rotterdam Photo 2023 jury Erik Vroons; The Guardian chief photography editor Fiona Shields ; artist, architect, publisher and Onagöre founder Ali Taptık . In the competition, which attracted intense interest and participation, the 2023 Jury Special Selection was Julie Glassberg, while the final 10 finalists included Alexander Komenda, Glorianna Ximendaz, Emilia Martin, Hüseyin Güler, Enamul Kabir, Julie Glassberg, Francesca Hummler, Michal Siarek, Gizem Çelik and Yasemin Kalaycı.
From 2018 to 2022, Noppadol Maitreechit (Thailand), Ekin Çekiç (Turkey), Fabiola Cedillo (Ecuador), Bas Losekoot (Netherlands), Serhat Kır (Turkey) were chosen first in the competition, respectively, and Arzu Kıraner, Ceren Balmumcu and Eyhan Çelik took part.
