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Eyeing up Istanbul
JOHN GREEN recommends an exhibition of images of his native city by one of the world's greatest photographers
Kakakoy, 1956

Ara Guler
Saatchi Gallery, London

THE WORK of Ara Guler may not be too familiar in this country but he was one of Magnum agency’s leading photographers over many years and produced a large body of stunning work.

Guler, who died last year, was born in 1928 in Istanbul. The son of Armenian parents — something this Turkish state-sponsored exhibition prefers to ignore — throughout his life he was regarded as a significant global representative of Turkey’s creative photography.

Eminonu, 1954
Eyup, 1965
Fethiye Mosque, 1968 and Kumkapi, 1950
Halic, 1962
Kandilli, 1965
Sehzadebasi, 1958 and Beyoglu, 1954
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