Ali Kabas

Photography is the art of selection.

My fine art photography is diverse, capturing the aura of the natural world, people and its possessions; telling stories in a graphic yet natural quality; and presented in contemporary methods.

I aim to show the intricacies that nature and the human element hold through my photography.

Coming from a family of artists, I am a fine art photographer based in Miami and Istanbul.

My love of the visual arts and photography began at my early age. After my education in Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Columbia University, my lifelong passion for photography changed the way I saw the world and the way I lived my life. It was before the turn of the millennium when I became a full time photographer. I traveled the world, shooting for stock agencies, multinational clients, and always kept creating personal fine art photographs that touched my heart along the way.

Besides taking photographs, I enjoy teaching photography and lead workshops. I have served in photo competition juries numerous times.

You can find me creating art in my studio or on location, up in the air flying in my paramotor or scuba diving underwater.

Columbia University, New York, NY
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

Solo exhibitions:
2021 “Earth from the Sky…”, Nilüfer Photography Museum, Bursa
2018 “Untamed”, FMV Gallery Isik, Istanbul
2016 “Aerialadana”, International Orange Blossom Carnival, Adana
2012 “Third Eye”, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul
2008 “High Angle”, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul
2006 “Recto-Verso”, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul
2005 “A Celebration of Istanbul”, St. Regis Hotel and Turkish Culture and Tourism Office, New York
2005 “Mound-Silent Villages”, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul
2002 “DreamWorld”, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul

Group exhibitions:
2025 “Today, Everything Exists to End in a Photograph” ArtRedCo, Istanbul
2024 “Between Fantasy and Reality” Artgalerim, Istanbul
2024 Pişirir Sanat exhibition, Istanbul
2024 “A(m) I ART(ificial)” Gama Gallery, Istanbul
2022 “Skin” Ayzeradant Art Gallery, Izmir
2021 “Kilometre +24” Küçükçekmece, Istanbul
2019 “Choose Only One Master-Nature” Evliyagil Dolapdere, Istanbul
2019 “Nature of Photography” Artweeks@Akaretler, Istanbul
2018 “Printed‘18” Mixer Gallery, Istanbul
2017 “Balkan Resonance Project”, Resonance Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2017 “Critical Thinking”, PG Art Gallery-Hisar Schools, Istanbul
2017 “Find Me”, Akbank Art, Istanbul
2015 “Marmara 15. International Underwater Visualization Festival”, ...