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Growing up in İstanbul we tried to emulate him. We bought a second hand Zenit range finder camera [1] and started to roam the streets of İstanbul like him. Late
by nyc111 8y ago
Growing up in İstanbul we tried to emulate him. We bought a second hand Zenit range finder camera [1] and started to roam the streets of İstanbul like him. Later we made an enlarger from a cardboard tube. Needless to say, none of us made it to Magnum. It's just not enough to have a camera to take lasting pictures. Obviously he was a master.
[1] Zenit was a Russian version of legendary Leicas of the last century. You got a great camera but cheaper than a Leica.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_camera https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_camera
[2] His website: http://www.araguler.com.tr/tr/ http://www.araguler.com.tr/tr/
[3] Recently opened Ara Güler Museum in İstanbul. http://www.theguideistanbul.com/ara-guler-museum-turkish-photojournalist/ http://www.theguideistanbul.com/ara-guler-museum-turkish-pho...