RHYTHM OF ISTANBUL İSTANBUL’UN RİTMİ
might not be good for photography.
For example, I have attended the
Cannes Film Festival 11 times. Can a
news editor know everyone?
I knew all artists because I took their
photos. In the past, we used to take
the rolls of film to the airport to send
them to Istanbul. Someone from
Istanbul used to come to the airport
and take them.
This was necessary for the publication
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of photographs. I remember that I
once went all the way from France
to England just to send one photo to
Istanbul.
It is very different now; you can
see a photo right after it is taken.”
Güler said a photographer should
know about what’s going on in the
world in order to take a good photo.
“A writer cannot be a journalist. A
photojournalist is a real journalist.”
Discovery of Aphrodisias
Güler explained how he discovered
the ancient city of Aphrodisias, which
dates back to 500 B.C. in Geyre and
bears the name of the goddess of
Aphrodite: “I was working for Hayat
magazine in 1958, and we went to
the opening of Kemer Dam with the
prime minister of the time, Adnan
Menderes. We took photos and were
trying to send them to the magazine,