Two boys on a rope, Kernal’s Dream, 2008. Photo Ahmet Polat
The Turkish-Dutch photographer Ahmet Polat (37) has been named Photographer of the Fatherland, an initiative of foundation Photo Week. Polat will occur throughout the year as an ambassador of Dutch photography, echoing Ilvy Njiokiktjien and Koen Hauser. Furthermore, he will be given a theme: Hey! My street .
Polat grew up in Fijnaart, a village in the province of North Brabant. He studied photography at the St. Joost Academy in Breda. In recent years Polat lived in Istanbul, but earlier this year he returned to the Netherlands. His work hung include in the Stedelijk Museum and Photography Museum Foam.
View a selection of his work.
In 2004, Polat won the second prize of the Silver Camera in the category of documentary, in 2006 he received the prestigious ICP Infinity Award. His work is both organic and commercial: he photographed for magazines such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar and he was a year Art Director of Vogue Turkey .
NRC editor Geertje Tuenter Polat talked about the appointment. The election came at a wonderful moment, he said. “I again want to get started with my full attention in the Netherlands.”
That was a while otherwise. Polat, a child of a Dutch mother and a Turkish father, left more than a decade ago to Turkey. For two reasons: Istanbul was booming, he saw. But in addition, he was was a bit fed up that he ever asked for assignments because of his Turkish background. “It sounds crazy then just go to Turkey, but it was not an issue at all.”
Polat talks about his work ‘On the move’.
Read more this afternoon in NRC Handelsblad.
No comments:
Post a Comment