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Yıldız Moran

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Yıldız Moran (née Arun; 24 July 1932 – 15 April 1995) was a Turkish photographer who was active from 1950 to 1962.[1][2][3][4] Her work has posthumously been shown in solo exhibitions at Pera Museum and at İstanbul Modern in Istanbul, and is held in the collection of the latter.

Life and work

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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

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  • Fotoğrafcı. Istanbul: Adam, 1998. ISBN 975-418-508-5. Exhibition catalogue.
  • Yıldız Moran: Zamansız Fotoğraflar / Timeless Photographs. Istanbul: Pera Museum, 2013. ISBN 978-605-4642-20-5. Exhibition catalogue. Text in Turkish and English.
  • Yıldız Moran. Eczacıbaşı Photographers Series. Istanbul: Eczacıbaşi, 2017. Edited by Merih Akoğul. ISBN 978-605-61665-7-0. A retrospective. Text in Turkish and English.

Exhibitions

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Collections

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

References

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  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. ^ "Istanbul Rising". Wall Street Journal. 17 September 2011. 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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