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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Jodhpur.

Jodhpur was founded in 1459 by Rao Jodha, way before the pink city of Jaipur (1727), and it is known for its blue painted buildings around the Mehrangarh Fort. There are many theories on why the buildings were painted blue. The most popular one is that it protects buildings from the heat. Another theory says that the color is associated with the Brahmins (cast of priests and teachers). Jodhpur is also called the Sun City due to its climate and location in the Thar Desert. The sunny and bright weather is present all year long.

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Jaipur.

My friend Mine and I took a flight with Spicejet from Varanasi’s Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport. The airport in Varanasi was modern and well organized. After an uncomplicated check-in and boarding (hats off, Spicejet!), we took off and arrived in Jaipur two hours later in the evening. Once we grabbed our luggage, we ordered our Uber car and headed to our accommodations.

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