Ara Guler's Istanbul

Informationen zum Autor Nicknamed ‘The Eye of Istanbul’, Ara Güler (1928–2018) chronicled the city with melancholic black-and-white pictures taken mostly with a Leica camera. He received countless awards, and photographed many luminaries, including Winston Churchill, Indira Gandhi, Bertrand Russell, Alfred Hitchcock, Maria Callas, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso. Klappentext A photographic record of daily life in Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s. It shows the city's melancholy aesthetic as it oscillates between tradition and modernity. Zusammenfassung A photographic record of daily life in Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s. It shows the city's melancholy aesthetic as it oscillates between tradition and modernity.

Product details

• Authors: Ara Guler, Ara Güler, Orhan Pamuk
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2009
• EAN: 9780500543863
• ISBN: 978-0-500-54386-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 280 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 1360 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Photo art; PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, Individual photographers, Turkey;20th Century Design