Johannes Christo
Story: ” I see Istanbul as a unique city, a blend environment of old and new. The people and its landmarks. As an urban site, Istanbul still preserves its historical buildings while surrounded by modernity.” Instructor: Ron Haviv
Nariman Ansari
Instructors: Andrea Bruce & Stephanie Sinclair While researching on Turkey’s culture, I was surprised to learn of the GLBT scene and how open it was. Being from a predominantly Muslim country myself, it seemed quite shocking that Turkey had so many gay clubs, a GLBT magazine, even a GLBT pride week! It was something I...
Michael Thessel
Story: Objects of Desire Documenting garbage collectors in Istanbul’s Tarlabasi neighbourhood. Thanks to Faruk and his family. Objects of Desire from Michael Thessel on Vimeo.
Robb Goodell
Story: Kadikoy Commute, Istanbul, Turkey Instructor: Rena Effendi http://robbgoodell.photoshelter.com/ Kadikoy Commute, Istanbul, Turkey from Robb Goodell on Vimeo.
Mervyn Leong
Experience the spiritual and social effects in the Hammam (Turkish Bath). During my recent visit to Istanbul, I have commited to making a short multimedia photo essay about travel or lifestyle as homework for the Foundry Photoworkshop 2010. After some tinkering, I came up with the idea of documenting the spiritual and social effects of...
Paulette Waltz
Instructor: Henrik Kastenskov “After the long and dangerous trek escaping from Tibet to Manali, girls learn a trade at Tibetan Children’s Village hopefully giving them skills to work in the future. Most of them left their family behind to find better opportunities and the Tibetan community supports them in education and maintaining their cultural heritage”....
Jonathan Henderson
Story: The Corner Market Instructor: Ron Haviv “In a time of increased globalization and multi-national corporations a small slice of nostalgia continues in Turkey in the form of mom and pop corner markets. Though they are not disappearing at the rate of their U.S. counterparts they are slowly being pushed out of business by large...
Karan Vaid
Story: Gul Annem (living with Alzheimer’s) Instructor: “Since I am primarily interested in producing compelling human narratives through my photography, I decided to photograph a widowed Turkish Lady, Halima, who had Alzheimer’s disease and was living in an old age home in Istanbul. I could see that Istanbul is a rapidly developing city at par...
Sarah Beth Glicksteen
http://sbglicksteen.com/ Tales of Tourism: Istanbul from Sarah Beth Glicksteen on Vimeo.
Tanvi Mishra
Story: Rhumesa – Living with Autism tanvimishra.wordpress.com/
Zara Tzanev
Story: Sulukule Remains Half a dozen families have been living in Istanbul’s Sulukule, the oldest continuous Roma settlement in history, since 2008 when the area was bulldozed and fenced-off to make way for an urban development by the Fatih and Greater Istanbul municipalities. http://zarafoto.photoshelter.com/
Yulia Vishnevets
Story: SHE IS A MALE – being transgender in a homophobic society. Instructor: Jared Moosy “Notoriously harsh against transsexual prostitutes, police have been accused of arbitrary round-ups, mistreatment, torture and rough “clean-up” operations in several Istanbul neighbourhoods popular with transsexuals”. http://edu.objectivereality.org/en/users/participants/?l=vishnevets http://kunstkamera.livejournal.com
