Here's what my August looked like.
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Luma Arles is the newest cultural addition in Arles, which opened its doors end of June 2021.
(Les Rencontres d’) Arles.
When I heard that a photo of mine will be exhibited in Arles alongside Les Rencontres d’Arles, the annual international photography festival, I was ecstatic. I immediately answered the call of opportunity to check out our group exhibition, visit the festival and experience beautiful Arles at the same time.
Read MoreOpenWalls Arles.
So honored and very excited to share that one of my images was selected as a winner of OpenWalls Arles, an international photography award from The British Journal of Photography in collaboration with Galerie Huit Arles.
Read MoreMaternal Magic.
Pregnancy. Something so real yet out of this world.
Read MorePHOTOPIA X Calumet photo contest - explore your world #YourWorldXPHOTOPIA”
My self-portrait in lockdown was selected first place in the "PHOTOPIA X Calumet photo contest - explore your world #YourWorldXPHOTOPIA”.
Read MoreHindsight 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
Brand new Head Shots for Gizem Mut.
During a must-needed visit by my sister @gizem.mut from Los Angeles to Berlin, we updated her headshot portfolio.
Read MoreGoodbye, my beloved Tegel.
On November 8, 2020, our only inner city airport Berlin-Tegel permanently closes its gates.
Read More#ICPCONCERNED: GLOBAL IMAGES FOR GLOBAL CRISIS - Exhibition at the International Center of Photography in New York.
Honored and grateful to see that my photo of the Anti-Racism Protest in Berlin is included in the #ICPConcerned exhibition at ICP - International Center of Photography in New York.
Read MoreBBA 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.
Read MoreEyeEm features.
My featured images on EyeEm.
Read MoreLucie Foundation: #LucieCovidPhoto.
My image from #LucieCovidPhoto.
Read Morerenk. Magazine
renk. is a magazine with a focus on People of Color, especially the German-Turkish community, covering topics such as diversity, culture, and art. “Renk” is Turkish and means “Color“. Besides publishing an online and print magazine, the team hosts events on a regular basis.
Read MoreAn American Dream.
From Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston to Atlanta, San Francisco, Miami, and New York.
Read MoreWomen of the Hmong Tribe.
Sa Pa, a mountainous area in Northern Vietnam, is home to some of the officially recognized 54 ethnic minority tribes. It is the center of tribal culture: the H’mong, Red Dao, Tay tribe, Giay, Muong, Thai, Hoa, and the Xa Pho tribes call it their home. The Hmong ethnic minority form the majority of Sa Pa population. They originally came from China 300 years ago.
Read MoreFull Moon Lantern Festival.
Hội An Lantern Festival is run on the 14th day of each lunar moon when the moon is at its fullest and brightest. Much of the activities are centered at the An Hoi Bridge and along the banks of the Hoai River. The release of lanterns on the rivers is said to bring good fortune and love, as well as health and happiness.
Read MoreCloud Forest in Doi Inthanon National Park.
Stepping into the Cloud Forest feels like entering a magical landscape. It’s pure earth poetry. Mysterious and whimsical at once.
Read MoreHappy Nikolaus!
Throwback to the time when I visited the birthplace of St Nicholas in the ancient city of Myra in today’s Demre, Antalya, Turkey.
Read MoreCotton Castle.
Pamukkale (Turkish for 'cotton castle') is a natural, mineral-rich thermal site that looks like a winter wonderland but has actually warm water running down the hillside, leaving white calcium deposits called travertines that coat the hill like a frozen white curtain.
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