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My Scholarship entry - Beybağı / Serden Çağlar Şener

Turkey | Friday, January 11, 2013 | 5 photos

I always believed there are some miracles or discoveries waiting for us in the borders of time’s existence,like Tarkovsky said in his chronicles,and they will find us and change our lives.So,getting the first proffessional camera at the age of 19 was like my humble miracle.I was painting pictures,watching movies frame by frame, following the camera angles and director’s eye even when i was just 12 years old something,taking photos with everything that i found but it was not enough.When i had a real camera,it became my eye in a cliche saying.

When i saw anything beautiful, anything still real,anything about human, any magical moment with a perfect geometry of chance, I captivated with the sense of wondering how does it look in photograph.And I captured it.Far from being romantic, it is just a basic instinct for-discoverying life-and getting close to existence.

It is a famous story whose Borges and Cartier- Bresson.That blind poet’s appreciation for Bresson’s eyes and giving the prize to Bresson is my biggest muse and I will follow it.

In many countries like mine,being a photographer is not a choice always supported by families.So thank you for this opportunity and encouragement.