Bulent D.

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What do you love about your job?

The best thing I love about taking photos is the act of taking them at the first place. I always carry a camera with me even if it's not for work. I love to do documentary photography like an outsider, as if I'm a ghost and just going around where history is being written without anybody noticing. What I love specifically is that you can reflect on reality without any distortion. It's as if you're telling a story without changing anything, as much as you can as a human.

What types of shoots have you done and how did you make them special?

Since I worked as a photojournalist for years, I've done photography of many kinds; events, concerts, sports, conferences, parties and festivals, as well as portraits. First I used to think how my photo would look and be told on a newspaper or any media and how people would read the story being told with it. Then I would try to concentrate on how the image makes me feel and what I understand of it. I would try to come up with the best combination of these conditions and make the shot.

Awards, honors, and recognitions received

Sport Photo of the Year – Photo of the Year Contest 2016 (Anadolu Agency)
3rd Award in the Best Sports Photograpy – Basın Tesvik and Vefa Prizes (İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality)
(2016)
Mustafa Pekcan Special Award – Press Photo of the Year (Photojounalism Association of Turkey) (2013)
Best Director – International Snow Film Festival, Documentary Category (2008)
Special Jury Award –National Kısaca Film Festival, Documentary Category (2008)
1st Prize Photograpy Contest (Konya Life Magazine) (2007)

A fun fact about this photographer

If I had the time, I would just watch 5 movies a day and write about them!