The Fujifilm “Life As You See It” competition has just ended. Coincidentally, it showed that life has a funny way of coming full circle. There I was, scrolling through my emails last week, when I spotted something that made me do a proper double-take. An email from Fujifilm House of Photography with a subject line that made my heart skip: “Congratulations – Life As You See It 2025 Competition Results”. Second place....

From Pixels to Paper: The Istanbul Photo Book Journey Have you ever noticed how something digital—no matter how brilliant—sometimes just feels a bit incomplete? Like there's a final step in the creative process that remains untaken? That's been my relationship with my Istanbul photo book for months now. The digital zine has connected with so many of you (thank you for the lovely messages), but there was always that lingering question in...

I have finally managed to assemble the hours and hours of footage filmed in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul and the surrounding area. Finding my way through it, along the narrow alleyways of the open-air markets, on the way to the Egyptian Bazaar, and more. The “Photographing The World” Series continues, and we now wander in Fatih, through the Grand Bazaar and the huge market area! The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is...

My Istanbul travel guide and photo zine is finally out! I know I announced this long ago, when I published the first episode of the relative YouTube series. But it's out now, and it looks gorgeous! There are more than 130 high-resolution photos spread over 150 pages in a big magazine format. All the photos come with their shooting info, so you are able to see the settings for each of them:...

The new “Photographing The World” Series starts here, and we kick off with Street Photography in Istanbul! This video was long due, but I came back from Istanbul with 6+ hours of footage and almost 1Tb of photos… All over the place. I was to give you a full-length docu-vlog of about 20-25 minutes. But then I thought a small pill format would have been much more palatable (pun intended). So here...

If you follow my Stories on Instagram, you know that I just returned from my trip to Istanbul… And I immediately felt the need to publish these tips for photographing strangers! This trip was a game-changer for my Street Photography, and here I'm sharing all I did to capture street portraits. In these past days in Istanbul, my Street Photography was pulled to a completely different place. This beautiful city has had...