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2022

11 DAYS 15+ VENUES 80+ ARTISTS 10 CONCEPTUAL EXHIBITIONS 50+ TALKS, WORKSHOPS, SCREENINGS & EVENTS 70.000+ VISITORS

A look back at 212 2022

The Full 2022 Line-Up

Exhibitions

Aimee Hoving Joseph-Philippe Bevillard Kata Geibl Lorenzo Vitturi Tina Signesdottir Hult Christto & Andrew "Archeology of Future" Enri Canaj Jonas Bendiksen Chien-Chi Chang Stuart Franklin Larry Towell Olivia Arthur Steve McCurry Eve Arnold Rene Burri Hiroji Kubota Cristina Garcia Rodero Marc Riboud Werner Bischof Dennis Stock David Seymour Paolo Pellegrin Peter van Agtmael Umut Erbaş Nazlı Erdemirel Edze Ali Ali Beşikçi Bartu Kaan Özdişçi Bade Turgut Kürşat Bayhan Işıl Arısoy Kaya Elif Koyutürk Emre Erkmen "The Healing Power of the Sea", Victoria Zschommler & Nadia Huggings & Todd Glaser & Josh Olins Felix R. Cid "On Record" "Create Next", Lanna Apisukh & Can Görkem Halıcıoğlu & Fred Mortagne & Sinan Logie "Lost Landscapes", Dirk Dallas & Kristina Makeeva & Bachir Moukarzel & Costas Spathis & Florian Ledoux & Nick Bugeja & Estlin Haiss & Khánh Phan & Tom Hegen & Paolo Crocetta & Tomas Westenenk & Deniz Tortum "Our Dearest Friends, Animals", Gerrard Gethings & Hellen van Meene & Leila Jeffreys & Martin Usborne & Ralph Hargarten & Robin Schwartz & Sophie Gamand & Tim Flach & Visarute Angkatavanich & Süleyman Kaçar & Walter Chandoha & Martin Parr & William Wegman & Luke Stephenson & Ci Demi & Ekin Küçük & Andrew McGibbon & Nazif Topçuoğlu & John Hiltunen "Floral Dreams", Emma Summerton & Yusuf Karma & Jennifer Steinkamp Osman Nuri İyem "Once Upon A Time İn İstanbul", Faik Şenol "Empty Chair", Erik Kessels "Obsidyen" Devin Yalkın, Evin Art Gallery "İnsan Eli Değmiş", Irmak & Ceren Arkman, Kalyon Kültür "Son 10 Yılın Çıkmış Soruları", Damla Sarı, ArtON "Breathing Soul", Jae-Hyun Seok, Fotoğrafevi Cem Gültepe, Zorlu PSM "Island Hoping", Christina Dimitriadis, Akaretler Sıraevler 55 "The Ivy", Heba Y. Amin, Zilberman Zeynep Kayan Fatoş İrwen Didem Erk Memed Erdener Ramesh Daha Omar Barquet Burçak Bingöl Yane Calovski Azade Köker Bronwyn Lace Marcus Neustetter Larry Muñoz Maarit Mustonen Egle Oddo Erkan Özgen Bochra Taboubi Cengiz Tekin Simon Wachsmuth Christiana de Marchi

Talks

Adam Elmakias & Ebru Yıldız, Müzik Fotoğrafçılığı Tiago Torres Campos & Benek Çinçik, Antroposen Estetiği Üzerine Tartışma Benek Çinçik & Patricia and Angus Macdonald, Havadan Görünüm Üzerine Artist Talk: Metin Çavuş & Deniz Tortum, Felix R.Cid & İpek Yeğinsu Artist Talk: Erik Kessels & Merve Arkunlar Artist Talk: Kata Geibl & Tara Kara Editor's Talk: Izabela Radwanska Zhang & Merve Arkunlar Artist Talk: Fred Mortagne & Sinan Logie Earthly Cityscapes, Alper Derinboğaz & Alexis Şanal & Bahar Türkay Artist Talk: Can Görkem Halıcıoğlu x Gümrah Şengün Photography In Cinema, Metin Çavuş Digital Art, Esra Özkan "Art & Technology" Yekta Kopan & Yasin Oral "On The Prehistory of Ariel View" Benek Çinçik "The Language of Color", Prof. Dr. Axel Buether Artist Talk: Joseph-Philippe Bevillard x Mehmet Ekinci "Office Istanbul Architects: Body and Tone-On-Tone", Kemal Serkan Demir & Prof. Dr. Tülin Görgülü "On Record", Burak Sülünbaz & Merih Akoğul & Cem Gültepe "Can AI Take Pictures?", Orhan Cem Çetin "Holding On to Time", Volkan Kızıltunç "Bozkırda", Hürü Özlük "The Unbearable Weight of Writing in Magazines", Merih Akoğul "Paris-Beirut: A Happiness Route", Dilan Bozyel “From Structure To Space, From Space To Atmosphere", Nevzat Sayın & Ahmet Ertuğ Artist Talk: Metin Çavuş & Deniz Tortum "On Aerial View", Patricia & Agnus MacDonald & Benek Çinçik "Postcards From The Anthropocene", Tiago Torres Campos & Benek Çinik Artist Talk: Felix R. Cid & İpek Yeğinsu "Music Photography", Adam Elmakias & Ebru Yıldız Artist Talk: Eric Kessels & Merve Arkunlar

Workshops

Photogram Workshop with Burcu Böcekler "Capture The Action", Mine Kasapoğlu & Adem Ustaoğlu Materials Show with Metin Çavuş Architectural Exploration In the Streets of Beyoğlu with Burcu Böcekler "Food Photography Workshop: The Power of Natural Light", Derya Turgut "Mobile Food Photography Workshop: A Different Point of View", Derya Turgut Booksigning Event with Enri Canaj

Performances

Holistic Tsunami, Beşiktaş Square Kuzey Aktuğ, Saksofon ve Berkan Yılmaz, Akaretler no:17 Furkan Akatay & Oğuz Köseoğlu, Akaretler no:17 Barış Ergün, Saint Benoit Church Dila Yıldız & Yüsra Derviş, Yeldeğirmeni Sanat

Fılm Screenings & Talks

Institut Français Selection: Alice Guy: 13 Courts Métrages Cléo de 5 à 7 Les Diaboliques Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud Pierrot Le Fou Camille Historie D’un Regard 212 & Mubi Selection: I’m Still Here Pino Dutch Angle: Chas Gerretsen & Apocalypse Now Scott Walker: 30 Century Man Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Where Are You, João Gilberto? This Much I Know to Be True Ecumenpolis: City Without Limits Aether Moments Like Never Last Taming The Garden Cryptozoo Lamb Anima An Hasarad Balthazar

The Jury

Erik Kessels (Artist, Designer, Curator) Roderick van der Lee (UNSEEN Amsterdam / Director) Izabela Radwanska Zhang (British Journal of Photography / Chief Editor)

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