Istanbul City of the Lodos Winds

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, 2008

In this city of the Lodos Winds / on this land surrounded on three sides by seas of history, / I stand. / As the morning stars fade into the violet sky / I walk, / alone. / And all around / whirlwinds of paper flutter.

Füruzan, “City of the Lodos Winds”

The photography album of Selim Güneş, who says: “I photograph Istanbul, the city I know and like,” reminds of a visual diary, which the photo artist has worked on since his childhood… The album may contain photos, which he took during the years 2000-2006. Yet it is his Istanbul kept in frames. This fascinating city he met with on a day, at which the Lodos winds floated the Bosphorus in 1972…

Nedim Sipahi

30×27 cm, 132 pages, hard cover.