The awards have been distributed, here are the PhotoMarathon winners
The most exciting, most festive and award-winning event of street photography in the world, PhotoMaraton, was held in our country on Saturday, September 22, 2018, in Istanbul for the first time. PhotoMaraton , a unique international event with its special rules and institutionality, currently held in 27 countries, brought together more than a thousand photography lovers gathered at Sirkeci station with Turkey's master photography artists. With the theme announcement of the historical station, which turned into a fairground with music and folklore shows, photography lovers set out to photograph Istanbul in the Eyüp-Tünel-Taksim triangle. The competition ended at 24:00 with the participants submitting their photographs. On Sunday, September 23, PhotoMaraton awards were given to their owners at the ceremony held after the interviews and entertainment events attended by master photographers in the ITU Taşkışla building, and hosted by Çiğdem Tunç . While the event was supported by Fatih, Eyüp and Beyoğlu municipalities, Quick Sigorta also insured the participants. The main sponsors of the event were Istanbul Chamber of Commerce İTO and TUGEV.
Members of the jury, masters of photography
There was another free and public event under the umbrella of PhotoMaraton on the same day; PocketPhotoMarathon . The jury consisted of Mustafa Seven, Alp Alper, Saffet Emre Tonguç, Burak Bulut and Tahir Yıldız . The jury of the PhotoMaraton main competition was again composed of master photographers. Who was not in the jury? Merih Akoğul, Emre Ogan, Ozan Bilgiseren, Nihal Kafalı, Coşar Kulaksız, Murat Gür, Nesibe Bat, Ömer Orhun, Haluk Çobanoğlu, Koray Berkin, Bülent Özgören, Fethi İzan. Koray Akten, Hami Özsomar, İsmail Türkoğlu, Ümit Varlı, Yüksel Altun, Mürsel Yağcıoğlu, Şafak Yavuz, Tahir Korkmaz, Dursun Yartaşı, Sadık Üçok, Arel Kalender, Yüksel Altun were the creators of the theme.
Awards were announced at İTÜ Taşkışla, there was an event all day long
The second day of the event was as festive as the first day. The program at İTÜ Taşkışla building was as follows: Erhan Meço, presentation on “Travel Photography” (at 14.00), Arel Kalender, conversation on “Things I Care About” (at 15.00), with Coşkun Aral Documentary Photography , interview (at 16.00), Sadık Üçok, interview on “Embrace” (at 17.00), Open Session, “Legal Problems of Photography” , Moderator Journalist Ali Dağlar, participating lawyers Erhan Meço, Burhan Gün, İbrahim Ekdial, Muhip Şeyda Işıktaç (time 18.00-19.30), Cocktail (19.00-20.00), Award Ceremony, Presenter Çiğdem Tunç (21.00) The event was promoted by United Heyecan Production owned by Nihat Özcan .
PhotoMaraton events will be held in Ankara on 13-14 October and in Izmir on 20-21 October.
Here are the PhotoMaraton and CepPhotoMaraton winners and the photos they took:
THEME 1: CONTACT
Photo: Mehmet Macit APALAK
THEME 2: SHOPPING
Photo: Caner BAŞER
THEME 3: OLD - NEW
Photo: Umut Can KARAHASANOĞLU
THEME 4: CONTRAST
Photo: Ufuk AGUN
THEME 5: LIGHT - SHADOW - SILHOUETTE
Photo: ELİF ÇAKICI
THEME 6: SIGNS
Photo: Nuri ÇOBAN
THEME 7: RISK - TRUST
Photo: Ömer TOY
THEME 8: BELIEFS
Photo: Esma GÜNDÜZ
THEME 9: GALATA TOWER
Photo: Hülya ÇAVLI KÖTERİN
THEME 10: TIME IN THE METROPOL
Photo: Turgut COŞKUN
THEME 11: MISTAKE
Photography: Elif ÇAKICI
THEME 12: SHOWCASES
Photo: Nuri ÇOBAN
CepPhotoMarathon Winners
THEME 1: TRIANGLE
THEME 2: SINGLE
THEME 3: MINIMAL
THEME 4: RED
