Current Residence: Istanbul
Favourite genre of music: Jazz, blues, world, folk
Favourite photographer: Lee Friedlander, Robert Capa
Favourite style of art: Street life, portraiture, photojournalism
Personal Quote: Empires crumble, Republics flounder but fools survive
Favourite Visual Artist
Picasso, Braque
Favourite Movies
Bande a Part, Manhattan, Annie Hall (in general Jean Luc Goddard, Woody Allen films)
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Billie Holliday, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds, Beth Orton
Favourite Writers
James Joyce, DH Lawrence, Percy Shelley, Nazim Hikmet, Orhan Veli Kanik, Cemal Süreyya, Orhan K
Tools of the Trade
Bronica 645si, Canon EOS 5D
Other Interests
Jazz, blues, world music, independent cinema, reading, photography, life.