Uygar Özel
Independent Artist | Press
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Lives in Izmir, Turkey
Member of IAA-AIAP Unesco
• Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Visual Arts
Hogeschool voor Beeldende Kunst
Amsterdam, Netherlands 2004-2006
D.E.U Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi
Izmir, Turkey 2004
• Izmir Anatolian High School of Fine Arts
Anadolu Güzel Sanatlar Lisesi
Izmir, Turkey 1995
• Exhibitions & Publishings & Milestones
2001 - Solo photography exhibition, Center of French Culture, Izmir, Turkey.
2001 - Lost Anatolian Leopard. Atlas magazine. Photographer. Istanbul, Turkey.
2001 - Gediz Deltası. Atlas geography magazine. Photographer. Istanbul, Turkey.
2004 - Polaroid.com. Visual collection of international Polaroid artists. U.S.A.
2004 - 'Secret Face' Group art exhibition, Izmir, Turkey.
2005 - Vilem Flusser's 'Towards a Philosophy of Photography'; Cover. Istanbul, Turkey.
2009 - 'Spontaneously, One in a Million' Project, Center of French Culture. Izmir, Turkey.
2009-2013 - Advertising photographs for Vodafone Turkey. Istanbul.
2013 - Participation Festival Voies Off, photography festival, Arles, France.
2013 - Private photographer of President of Mexico and Tourism Minister. Izmir, Turkey.
2014 - Book cover image of author Marc de Bel's book named 'Yoro'. Belgium
2015 - BBC Turkish's documentary about Poet Ilhan Berk. Portrait photo. Istanbul, Turkey.
2016 - Football from the world. Author Pelle Mortensen's book. Denmark.
2016 - Solo photography exhibition. 'Nassara Bonjour'. Izmir, Turkey.
2017 - Solo photography exhibition. 'From Burkina Faso to Japan'. Izmir, Turkey.
2017 - National Geographic Traveller India, Nov. Croatian woman's portrait.
2018 - National Geographic Traveller India, July. Japanese woman's portrait.
2018 - Solo photography exhibition. ' Everywhere & Everything '. Izmir, Turkey.
2017-2019 - Bornova Kent Magazine. Photographer. Izmir, Turkey
2020 - Contract photographer, Zuma Press Wire Service.
2021 - Photojournalist at Gazete Yenigun. Izmir, Turkey.
2021 - The Guardian, ''Best Photographs of The Week in Wildlife'', 20 Aug.
2021 - The Guardian, ''Best Photographs of The Day'', 14 Sept.
2021 - The Guardian, ''The Weekend's best photographs'', 19 Sept.
2021 - The Times, ''News in Pictures'', 21 Sept.
2021 - Liberation / International / Moyen-Orient, 21 octobre (Photo).
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