A new book titled “4 mevsim ISTANBUL” (4 Seasons ISTANBUL) has been released by a team of photographers, headed by an internationally renowned artist.
Alp Alper, who is always carrying a camera, is renowned for the stunning aerial photographs he has taken of various places in Turkey from sky-gliders and helicopters. The 45-year-old has recently been working with Turkish Airlines and for nearly six years he and his team have presented the images of Istanbul they took at different times and seasons in a 236-page book.
The team’s aim was to archive the color and light of the city, protecting and presenting all of Istanbul’s beauty and spirit in spite of its fires, the destruction of its fabric in certain areas and its changing shell.
In the book’s introduction, Ara Güler writes of how the photographs show just how much Istanbul’s beauty has been altered over the years. Güler is convinced the city’s beauty will never return and what hurts the most is that the mentality that has brought the destruction continues to be a dominant psychology among the city’s planners, architects and municipal institutions.
The text is written in both Turkish and English and compliments the photography articulately. The articles about Istanbul’s seasons were written by some of Turkey’s best-known writers, including Sunay Akın, Mario Levi, Mehmet Zaman Saçlıoğlu, Yusuf Eradam and Nemika Tuğcu.
Alp Alper, who is always carrying a camera, is renowned for the stunning aerial photographs he has taken of various places in Turkey from sky-gliders and helicopters. The 45-year-old has recently been working with Turkish Airlines and for nearly six years he and his team have presented the images of Istanbul they took at different times and seasons in a 236-page book.
The team’s aim was to archive the color and light of the city, protecting and presenting all of Istanbul’s beauty and spirit in spite of its fires, the destruction of its fabric in certain areas and its changing shell.
In the book’s introduction, Ara Güler writes of how the photographs show just how much Istanbul’s beauty has been altered over the years. Güler is convinced the city’s beauty will never return and what hurts the most is that the mentality that has brought the destruction continues to be a dominant psychology among the city’s planners, architects and municipal institutions.
The text is written in both Turkish and English and compliments the photography articulately. The articles about Istanbul’s seasons were written by some of Turkey’s best-known writers, including Sunay Akın, Mario Levi, Mehmet Zaman Saçlıoğlu, Yusuf Eradam and Nemika Tuğcu.
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