09.26.2005 Monday – ISTANBUL 23:02

Renowned Photographers Gather in Ankara
By Cihan News Agency
Published: Monday, September 26, 2005
zaman.com

Two important panels on photography will be held among the 40 th Anniversary
activities at the Ankara University Communication Faculty.

“Orientalism and Photography: the West films the East,” to be held October
17, will be attended by Nikos Economopoulos and Alex Webb from the Magnum
Agency, Reza Deghati from National Geographic and Ara Guler from Turkey.

The panel will discuss how contemporary Western photographers look at the
image of the East and the manners of Eastern photographers in representing their
own image.

The second panel, “What is Ara searching for?” will be held at 2:00 p.m., on
October 18 at Ankara University Communication Faculty Art House.

The panel will handle the social processes reflected by the Turkish
photography’s illustrious figure, Arfa Guler’s work of 55 years.

Architect Ragip Buluc will chair the panel and Ara Guler, Enis Batur and
Samih Rifat will attend.

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