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Kerem Uzel
Photographer

keremuzelphoto@gmail.com
+90 532 5786641 / Turkey
+49 176 77282199 / Germany
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Laif Agentur für Photos & Reportagen GmbH
mail@laif.de
+49 (0)221 27226-0

Born in Corum, Turkey, 1973. Graduated from Istanbul Technical University and went to New England School of Photography, MA, USA for photography education in 1997. Selected to participate 13th Barnstorm Eddie Adams Workshop, NY, 2000 and World Press Photo Workshop, Istanbul, 2003. Kerem is one of the co founder of NAR Photos, an independent photo collective based in Istanbul. In 2006, he contributed to an exhibition and a book project with ten contemporary photographers from Turkey and Armenia, the first ever photographic collaboration of the two nations.

Editorial clients

Time, Fortune, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, Stern, Frankfurter Allegemeine, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Focus, Die Welt, Financial Times, Le Figaro, Le Monde, L’Equipe, La Vie, ELLE France, National Geographic, Gourmet, The National, Bloomberg News, GEO, Wall Street Journal, Art+Auction, Amnesty International, Monocle, Travel+Leisure, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Capital, 11 Freunde, Finanzen, Cicero Magazine, Courrier International

NGOs and Foundations

Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Goethe Institut, Anadolu Culture, Ford Foundation, Anadolu Artisans, Hrant Dink Foundation, Support To Life, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Corporate clients

Apple, Shell Europe HQ, Mercedes Benz, Mastercard, Nike Europe HQ, Nike US, Coca Cola, Efes Pilsen, Otto Hofstetter, MAN Engine, OSRAM, HDI

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2023 Nominated for PrixPictet Award, Theme Human
  • 2022 Istanbuls Today Exhibition, Pera Museum
  • 2022 Lotto Brandenburg Kunstpreis, Förderpreis
  • 2021 Nominated for Leica Oscar Barnack Award
  • 2019 Nominated for PrixPictet Award, Theme Hope
  • 2018 Pilar of Smoke, Arles International Photo Festival
  • 2017 Turkiyeli, Gesellschaft für Humanistische Fotografie Gallery, Berlin
  • 2016 Les Glaneurs et les Glaneuses, Versus Art Project
  • 2015 77/13 Political Art and Resistance, nGbK Berlin
  • 2014 On The Road, Narphotos, Istanbul Modern Museum
  • 2014 Terra Thrace project, Photo Bienale Thessaloniki
  • 2013 ‘Milyonluk Manzara’ (A View Worth a Million), book and exhibition
  • 2012 Stories From Borders – Armenia & Turkey
  • 2012 Terra Thrace project, book and exhibition
  • 2009 Fragments, Istanbul – Rennes Camera Obscur Gallery France
  • 2006 Merhabarev – Cultural Bridge Between Armenia & Turkey
  • 2005 International Media Forum - Stories from Turkey