Ismail Necmi

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Ismail Necmi – 'Self-Portrait'
Ismail Necmi – 'Self-Portrait'

Ismail Necmi is a Turkish independent photographer and filmmaker.

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[edit] Life and career

Necmi was born in Turkey in 1970 and graduated from the Law Faculty of Istanbul University.[1] From 1988 to 1992, he worked on a number of feature films, TV series, shorts and photo shoots.[1] From 1993 to 2004, he worked as an editor and video graphic designer for ARD German TV Studio in Istanbul.[1] During that time, Necmi developed two major independent projects; 'Transformation' (2001), a solo black and white photography exhibition in Dulcinea Istanbul, and 'The image is YOU!', a black and white interactive photography project launched in 2002.[2][3][4] Between 2006 and 2007, he worked as an instructor in Visual Communication Design and Photography and Video at Istanbul Bilgi University.[5] In 2005, he started his own production company, IN Works Istanbul. In February 2008, he finished his début real-life feature film, Should I Really Do It, which he produced and directed.[6]

[edit] Style

Necmi's work explores different aspects of "the real", blurring the margins between art, life and fantasy.[7] In recent projects, Necmi has chosen not to work with actors, but rather real people, drawing his aesthetic inspiration from the ambiguities and complexities of their daily life.[8] The resulting works are edgy and surreal, attempting to bring to the screen the varied fantasies which people weave through their everyday lives; life-becoming-art, art-becoming-life. [9] From his earliest work in black and white photography to his current work in film, Necmi's craft is characterised by its meticulous attention to visual composition.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c !f istanbul 2008 | Should I Really Do It?
  2. ^ November Paynter, 'The Image is Whose?' Time Out Istanbul May 2003
  3. ^ Handan Saatcioglu, 'Proje Soylesi' Genis Aci May 2003
  4. ^ Eray Makal, 'Imaj Sensin Basliyor' Trendsetter December 2003
  5. ^ İstanbul Bilgi University / Academic Staff
  6. ^ shouldireallydoit.com
  7. ^ Ozge Yilmaz, 'Hayat Kurgudan Daha Ilginc' Radikal 23rd February 2008
  8. ^ November Paynter, 'The Image is Whose?' Time Out Istanbul May 2003
  9. ^ Katrien Jacobs, 'Turkey - Let's Make Porn, Not War' in Libi_Doc: Journeys in the Performance of Sex Art Maska Institute for Publishing; Ljubjana, Slovenia.2005. pp. 253-265

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