Yıldız Moran

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Yıldız Moran (

İstanbul Modern
in Istanbul, and is held in the collection of the latter.

Life and work

Moran attended Robert College in Istanbul, leaving in her senior year. Following the advice of her uncle, art historian Mazhar Şevket İpşiroğlu [tr], she then moved to the UK and studied photography first at Bloomsbury Technical College and then at Ealing Technical College in London.[1]

She was active as a photographer from 1950 to 1962,[1] when she gave up photography for lexicography.[5]

Moran married poet Özdemir Asaf in 1963 and had three children in four years.[6]

Publications

  • Fotoğrafcı. Istanbul: Adam, 1998. . Exhibition catalogue.
  • Yıldız Moran: Zamansız Fotoğraflar / Timeless Photographs. Istanbul: . Exhibition catalogue. Text in Turkish and English.
  • Yıldız Moran. Eczacıbaşı Photographers Series. Istanbul: Eczacıbaşi, 2017. Edited by Merih Akoğul. . A retrospective. Text in Turkish and English.

Exhibitions

Collections

Moran's work is held in the following permanent collection:

References

  1. ^ a b c Tartici, Ayten. "Turkey's Photography Doyenne". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  2. ^ "Turkey's first academically trained female photographer gets her dues". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  3. ^ "Kısa, güçlü ve etkili bir ışık: Yıldız Moran". www.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  4. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  5. ^ "Cornucopia Magazine Eye of the Beholder". www.cornucopia.net. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  6. ^ "Yıldız Moran: 'A Mountain's Tale' at Istanbul Modern". Daily Sabah. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  7. ^ "Pera Museum". www.peramuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  8. ^ "An ode to black and white: Merih Akoğul talks Yıldız Moran". Time Out Istanbul. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  9. ^ "'A Mountain Tale' by Yıldız Moran at Istanbul Modern". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  10. ^ "ArtAsiaPacific: A Mountain Tale". ArtAsiaPacific. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  11. ^ "Yıldız Moran: A Mountain Tale - İstanbul Modern". www.istanbulmodern.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.

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