ANIL YURDAKUL
was born in Istanbul in 1991.
graduated with a degree in Visual Communication Design from Kocaeli University.
pursued journalism in local newspapers and magazines in high school years transitioning into professionalism in BirGün newspaper in 2015.
who has been inspired by gonzo journalism to conduct underground interviews for magazines such as ; FİL, KAFA, OT.
whose photo-essay project narrates Afghan refugees struggling in Istanbul was published in I Siciliani, an Italian news website.
documented for six weeks the determination of Leman magazine caricaturists who drew until dawn hours and delivered those photographs to Depo Photos, a pioneering photography agency in Turkey.
has archieved many caricaturists and cartoonists who reside in Turkey by photographing them.
directed his first short film in 2017, “There is no Place for Strangers”, which was featured in Kiev International Film Festival and A Rebel Minded Festival in New York was selected to screen in the final round.
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
“It’s more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera.”
“With photography, everything is in the eye and these days I feel young photographers are missing the point a bit. People always ask about cameras but it doesn’t matter what camera you have. You can have the most modern camera in the world but if you don’t have an eye, the camera is worthless. Young people know more about modern cameras and lighting than I do. When I started out in photography I didn’t own an exposure meter – I couldn’t , they didn’t exist! I had to guess.”
