July 25 - August 31, 2008
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University's Department of Photography, celebrated the 30th anniversary of its inauguration, in 2008 at the Pera Museum. The exhibition comprised of a selection of photographs by 67 graduates.
The Institute of Photography epitomized the institutionalization of photography education in Turkey. Photography clubs had been established prior to the inauguration of the Institute and classes were offered in a number of other institutions; however, the implementation of a four-year undergraduate education in photography was only realized in 1978. Cafer Türkmen, one of the co-founders and first professors of the school, describes those years as follows: “Two hundred people applied to the program the first year. We were only able to admit fifteen. We began teaching in an old commercial building in Salıpazarı, behind the present-day location of The Department of Traditional Turkish Handicrafts. It was a three-storey building, accessed by 70-80 steps. We shared the same building with the Department of Traditional Turkish Handicrafts. The lowest floor was allocated to the inflammable film archives of the Institute of Cinema and Film, and also included a dormitory for the single employees of the school.” (Saliha Dıraman, Cafer Türkmen exhibition catalogue, 2002).
In the thirty-year-long period, the Department of Photography had over three hundred graduates. While this exhibition, as one of the reunion events of the Department’s 30th anniversary celebrations, commemorates the establishment of the institution as well as its alumni, it also shares with viewers the works of its graduates, who have been working professionally for many years in the field of photography.
Exhibition Catalogue
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University's Department of Photography, founded on July 13th, 1978 as the Institute of Photography, under the auspices of İstanbul Fine Arts Academy, Department of...
While Paula Rego belatedly was recognised as one of the leading feminist pioneers of her age, little has been written about her exploration of fluid sexuality. Indeed the current of sado-masochism in her drawings and paintings, has tended to encourage an understanding as a classic clash between the patriarchy and exploited women.
The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation’s Orientalist Painting Collection includes two children’s portraits that are often featured in exhibitions on the second floor of the Pera Museum. These portraits both date back to the early 20th century, and were made four years apart. One depicts Prince Abdürrahim Efendi, son of Sultan Abdulhamid II, while the figure portrayed on the other is Nazlı, the daughter of Osman Hamdi Bey.
Over the years of 1864 through 1876, Stanisław Chlebowski served Sultan Abdülaziz in Istanbul as his court painter. As it was, Abdülaziz disposed of considerable artistic talents of his own, and he actively involved himself in Chlebowski’s creative process, suggesting ideas for compositions –such as ballistic pieces praising the victories of Turkish arms.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 200 TL
Discounted: 100 TL
Groups: 150 TL (minimum 10 people)
