Straight Photography

This series is an inquiry into the fragility of human existence on the planet and the forces of gravity which attach us to earth but also keep us from flying high. This duality can be seen as a major existential problem of mankind: Banalities of daily life and city is designed to hide this duality from us but deep down I feel the gravity is about death. We all know that one day gravity will prevail but denial is much more comforting.

These works try to provoke us to get back to this duality by using large scale and compositions, by filling the frame with emptiness and computer generated content.


Gravity

The Sirens series, inspired by Ottoman miniatures questions western view of the image as "real".

Some elements of these images are generated (interpolated) by the computer with complex algorithms.

The Sirens

Works from my first solo exhibition at Zorlu Performing Arts Center during December 2013

More is Less / Solo Exhibition

Works exhibited during Contemporary Istanbul 2013

Ilker Canikligil