MAY 27 JUNE - CityJet

The guest country: TURKEYIn the footsteps of Michel PashaTo pay a tribute to both the host and the guest, Photomed has dedicated an exhibition / walk to Michel Pasha, anengineer and businessman born in Sanary, who received honorable recognition from the Ottoman Empire for hiswork on maritime signaling that followed the coastline of a vast, but at that time, receding territory. Signed in 1885,under the reign of Abdulmecit I, the concession contract concerning the Ottoman Lighthouse Authority continuedafter the death of Michel Pasha in 1907, despite diplomatic conflict and the fall of the empire.Hanging from ten structures supported on three wooden, triangular posts, and extending the entire length of theport, the exhibition takes as its starting point the environment surrounding this famous character in order to explaincertain aspects of Turkish history from the 19th century to the present. Conceived in a thematic way, each structurecontrasts an aging image and a contemporary photograph, and includes an additional text to fill in the details of thestory. Retrieved from the collection of Pierre de Gigord, who took an early interest in photographs from the OttomanEmpire, the images from the 19 th century are signed James Robertson, the brothers Abdullah, Alexander Svoboda,Sebah & Joaillier, and Guillaume Berggren. A contemporary response to these collected artifacts are the works of AliTaptik, whose works sketch a visual autobiography that permanently questions the world and the medium. From thisinformative and aesthetic parallel appear the alternating contrasts and similarities of two eras separated by more thana century of changes for the region and in photography itself. Through politics, architecture, landscapes, people, andanecdotes, this exhibition tells the story of photography, as much as it does the tale of a man and a country.© collection Pierre de Gigord© Ali Taptik - from the series «Nothing Surprising»(2009-work in progress)Istanbul, my love.The crossing perspectives of Ara Guler and Bruno BarbeyBorn in Istanbul in 1928 into an Armenian family, Ara Guler has taken pictures in many places around the world (Iran,Kazakhstan, India, Kenya, Borneo). Given the nickname the “eye of Istanbul”, he has documented both his country,looking especially great depth his home city of Istanbul. Exhibited around the world, he has published around 30books. In 1999, he was recognized in Turkey as the photographer of the century.For 40 years, Bruno Barbey has enchanted the world with his sensitive images full of subtle humanism. His series incolor of Istanbul is a reponse to the black and white works of his friend, Ara Guler.