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Hasan Cem Araptarli

BIOGRAPHY / ISTANBUL, 1975

Engaged with business life for twenty-five years, Hasan Cem Araptarlı started to be involved professionally with photography in 2014. His book titled “Water World”, a documentary on communities living on water at various locations in Myanmar, Cambodia and Malaysia, was published in 2016. 5 photographs contained in this book were awarded with “Honorable Mention” in International Photography Awards 2016 with 17.032 participants from 162 countries, “Gold Star” in international Neutral Density Photography Awards and in American Photography Awards 2016 with the prize “The Best of The Best”.

For Araptarlı, photography is a tool of survey and personal expression. Through photography, the artist discovers such conditions and feelings like alienation, loneliness, happiness or freedom in the contemporary world and demonstrates these to us. In his own words, touches men while shooting photographs. For that reason, works of Araptarlı are interesting not solely through their documentary character, but also in respect of reflecting sensations and feelings unique to art. While creating his works, the artist selects whatever is contrasting, and photographs places and people not in conformance with the lifestyles adopted by most of the world. At times, the contrast appearing on the composition of the photographs is converted into the reflection of the same idea from over the image. His photographs are documents evidencing existence of some other world. While exhibiting diversity, invites the audience to re-ponder on his/her own life. Is life actually as how we know it?

2016
Untitled, Semporna

digital photographsss
editions in variable dimensions
Semporna, 2016
*American Photography Awards 2016: ‘The Best of the Best’ prize
*Neutral Density Photography Awards: 1st - Gold Star Award

2016
Untitled, Semporna

digital photograph
editions in variable dimensions
Semporna, 2016
*International Photography Awards (IPA) 2016, Honorable Mention
*Neutral Density Photography Awards: 1st - Gold Star Award