Maiden's Tower - Limited Edition 3 of 20 Photograph

Maide’s tower © Pelin Atilla “Award Winning Photograph” Exhibited in Australia and Turkey. This work is made by Pelin Atilla, 2017, Turkey *Printed on High Quality Hahnemühle Fine Art Papers · 100% α-Cellulose (All prints are made on museum grade matte, 100% cotton paper and are resistant against fading, guaranteeing a life long span for the print) *Printed with 2 cm white/black border. *My artworks are available as limited edition prints. Each print is signed and numbered by hand, also has certificate of authenticity to assure that it is an original print. *I take great care to assure quality in each step and the prints are securely shipped. (Please be noticed it takes approximately three or four weeks to get ready to shipment) Miden’s tower (in Turkish; Kızkulesi) is located off the coast of Salacak neighborhood in Uskudar district, at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus. The name comes from a legend: the Byzantine emperor heard a prophecy telling him that his beloved daughter would die at the age of 18 by a snake. So he decided to put her in this tower built on a rock on the Bosphorus isolated from the land thus no snake could kill her. But she couldn't escape from her destiny after all, a snake hidden in a fruit basket brought from the city bit the princess and killed her. Another legend wrongly mentions Hero and Leander in the tower, therefore some people wrongly call it "Leander's Tower", a sad love story told by Ovidius: Hero was one of the priestess of Aphrodie living in the tower. One day she left the tower to attend a ceremony in the temple where she met Leandros and they fall in love with each other. Leandros swam to the tower every night to visit his love, meanwhile she was holding a torch to guide him in the dark waters towards her in the tower. But on a stormy night Leandros couldn't see the light because it was put out by the winds, and he swam all night loosing his way until he was drowned. Hero, seeing that her lover died, she also jumped into the water and suicided. Some people narrate this love story as it was happened on the Bosphorus, but in fact it's a legend from the Dardanelles, when Leandros was swimming to Hero between Abydos (today's Eceabat location in Turkey) and Sestus (today's Çanakkale city in Turkey). Everyone thinks there is a manipulation in the image. But not. It was a cold night (≈ -5 C) in Istanbul at February, 2017. I was sitting at the coastline in Üsküdar (nearly 4 hours) and taking photographs of Maiden's tower. The taken images didn't satisfies me. Suddenly a speed boat crossed in front of me, it caused big waves in the sea. And after that a fishing boat crossed, which had little blue, purple and green lights on it. It was like a gift for nearly 4 hours waiting. I always beleive that 'if you wait for an image on the street, at the end it will comes to you.. just be patience.'