Şehir Fikri (Notion of a City) is a photobook that is set in an Istanbul where there are no people or languages. The book was published by Onagöre in December 2022.

︎ Get the book: International or Türkiye

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︎ As seen on — British Journal of Photography, Booooooom, Maviblau (German), Calling (Turkish), Açık Radyo (Turkish)
︎ Playlist — Something Is Missing (Spotify)

Unutursan Darılmam (No Offence If You Forget, 2018 - Ongoing) is a photobook project about clinging to Istanbul and rediscovering life after a year-long depression.

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︎ Award — Encontros da Imagem: Discovery Awards 2022, Winner
︎ Exhibitions — Mamut Art Project (2022), Encontros da Imagem (2022)
︎ As seen on — Creative Review

Will the World End in the Daytime (Kıyamet Gündüz Mü Gelecek, 2017 - 2019) is a fictional photo-story about the imminent devastating earthquake that is predicted by scientists to take place in Istanbul.

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︎ Exhibitions —Les Rencontres d’Arles, Galerie Paris-B, & Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival as part of A Pillar of Smoke (2018)
︎ As seen on — Hyperallergic

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Project Statement

We sense an approaching catastrophe — ecological problems, terrorist attacks, and more dreadful, unidentifiable dangers whose source we don’t know.

This expectancy, almost fate, is real in the case of Istanbul. “Will the World End in the Daytime” is a series about an earthquake predicted by scientists right after the 1999 Marmara earthquakes.

The series searches for eerie signs and scenes in everyday moments in the overpopulated city that could face destruction any second, for which government bodies have never properly prepared it.

Using a conceptual and fictional approach, the work tells the story of the earthquake and its aftermath.

    Call me Ci. I was born in Beyoğlu, Istanbul on July 6th, 1986. I studied Italian Language And Literature at Istanbul University. Following that, I worked for advertising agencies as copywriter and creative director for many years. I was 28 when I discovered visual story-telling. I did music photography and photojournalism for a while, then I decided to devote my time solely on my own stories.

    My work is focused on Istanbul and its personal psychogeographies. Adopting documentary as secondary function, I tell stories using the scenes of my city. My distinct colour palette is a derivation of the look of Italian giallos of ‘70s, and I take clues from the cinematography of classic horror films in my visual language — even though almost all of my photographs take place in the daytime.

• Affiliate of PLATFORM by GAPO.
• Visit Mixer for prints (catalogue).
  
• Write to me: ci@cidemi.art

Exhibitions

Documentation

Current

• Zamane İstanbulları (Istanbuls Today) at Pera Museum (catalogue), Istanbul, Turkey, December 22nd, 2022 - September 17th, 2023 — Curated by Refik Akyüz & Serdar Darendeliler