Hindsight Project.

This portrait of my mother is part of the “Hindsight” project by Booooooom, a photography project featuring portraits of people captured in a moment of reflection. Photographers ask their subjects to answer the following question:

“Knowing what you know now, what’s one piece of advice you would give to your younger self?”

My mother: “To compromise but not to settle. And knowing the difference. That compromising is good and essential for harmony, and settling is lethal for the self.”

Raziye (retired teacher) shot by Güzin Mut in Berlin, Germany.

Click here to see: https://hindsight-project.com/Gu-zin-Mut

(Not) a walk in the park.

Spontaneity is gone, and planning is useless. Excitement is rare. Stimulation - physically and psychologically - is practically scarce. Jobs were canceled due to budget cuts or safety issues, and creativity to realize personal work was in fluctuation. So what to do? To keep up hope and the spirit? To find creativity?

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BBA Gallery Group Exhibition.

“Have a little faith”, shot in Cartagena, Colombia in 2016, was included in a collective exhibition, organized by Feature Shoot’s “The Print Swap” at the BBA Gallery in Berlin, Germany, in July 2020.

Ramadan via Zoom.

This year the COVID-19 is all around us. I could not help but wonder how Ramadan looks like this year. Is there any difference? How does it feel and look? Since there are contact restrictions in place, I planned of documenting the evening dinners (iftar) through video calls. I decided to ask around my friends from all over the world, who are devoted muslims. From Berlin to Bangladesh, from India to the UK.

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