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Ayşegül Özyürek

Ayşegül Özyürek

The Tales of Salt Lake

I take these photographs to draw attention to the climate crisis. As Ursula LE Guin said; the Earth does not belong to us - we belong to the Earth

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Photographer of the Year Contest

2025

Nominee

Wildlife

Non Professional

The Tales of Salt Lake

I take these photographs to draw attention to the climate crisis. As Ursula LE Guin said; the Earth does not belong to us - we belong to the Earth

About Artist

Ayşegül Özyürek

I studied economics. For the past twenty years, I have been closely following the arts. I am the co-founder of an independent, non-profit cultural and art platform. Within this platform, I give seminars on literature. In recent years, I have turned to photography as a different language of expression. I take photographs especially to draw attention to nature destroyed by human hands. I photographed the drying Salt Lake (Tuz Gölü) and the flamingos that have lived there for hundreds of years, and I turned this work into a digital book. Most recently, my book was featured in The Eye of Photography. The two photographs I am sending you belong to this project. With my warm regards, Ayşegül Dalokay Özyürek

Ayşegül Özyürek

Photographic Areas of Focus

Film/Analog, Landscapes, Minimalism, Nature, Wildlife

Location

Türkiye

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