Storytelling with Portraiture

The workshop is led by Ahmet Sel, whose body of work titled At Ours is exhibited at Istanbuls Today, which was produced specially for the exhibition and which deals with the concept of migration. Together with the artist, participants have the opportunity to examine the series, in which immigrants who have settled in Istanbul for various reasons are photographed in their private living or workspaces. In the workshop, the participants learn about the artist's approach to portrait photography and the intricacies of taking a portrait photograph with a story.

Note: It is recommended that the participants send their portrait photography productions to ogrenme@peramuzesi.org.tr or bring them with them to be interpreted in the workshop. 

Capacity: 15 people
Duration: 120 minutes
Fee per workshop: 250 TL

The event will take place at the Pera Museum (face-to-face).
For more information: ogrenme@peramuzesi.org.tr

About Ahmet Sel
Working in the fields of documentary photography and portrait photography, the artist studied communication at Paris-X (Université Paris Nanterre) and television journalism at INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, Paris). Between 1980 and 2010, he lived in Paris and Moscow, working as a reporter and manager in various television channels and photography agencies. The artist, who continues his works by focusing on the stories of individuals in times of social change and crisis, has books published in France and Turkey. He won the "Fujifilm Press Photo Awards France" in the portrait category in 2003, the "National Magazine Awards Foundation" grand prize in photography and text in Canada in 2004, and the 1st prize in the portrait category at the Sarajevo Photography Festival in 2022.