Salutations Photograph

An American artist who has spent a lot of time living in Turkey and traveling abroad, Alex Hill's work is rooted largely in his experiences there, where his career really began. His work has appeared on walls and even social media accounts of various publications in Turkey, where actors and government officials became some of his first clients. His motto is, "The more they tell me I can't go somewhere, the more I need to see what it's really like". Unafraid of a challenge, Hill enjoys going off the beaten path to destinations that have included the West Bank, North Korea, southeastern Turkey and various unrecognized countries. In 2015 he became the first merchant to accept Transnistrian roubles outside of the unrecognized republic of Transnistria, which is featured in much of his work. Going somewhere others are unwilling to go can mean finding something beautiful.