Alper
Fidaner
By Anissa R. Stambouli
Prepare
to
be
moved
Seasoned photographer Alper Fidaner transports
the viewer to a dimly lit back room, indulging
the visual senses with his photographic series of
feminine expression. Sultry, somber and with a
tinge of gothic, his work charms the viewer with
shadowed romance.
Working from his home studio in Ankara,
Turkey, Fidaner’s style draws from dark room
techniques, shunning the use of flash to
achieve vintage undertones. Photographing
for over thirty years, Fidaner’s skill is best
noted in his ability to capture a sense of
endless, sensual motion within the stillness of
a portrait.
In one image, a flapper girl spreads herself
along a darkened wall in, the illusion of
movement extending from her fingertips with
an editing trick, offering an alien, creature-like
feel to her disproportioned hand.
A similar image offers a blindfolded
woman sprawled across the backdrop; one
hand clutches her naked torso while the other
extends vertically, arching her lower back.
Reaching to her waist is a translucent tulle skirt,
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