The “Eye of Istanbul” Ara Güler was born August 16, 1928.
Güler’s photographs appeared on stamps for the first time in 2024.

The set included an impressive postmark, stamps and a first day cover. 

 

 

Ara Güler (1928-2018) – Photographer
issued by Türkiye’s post office March 14, 2024
Photographer: Ara Güler

“People call me an Istanbul photographer but I am a citizen of the world. I am a world photographer.,”
Ara Güler (araguler.com.tr)

Internationally renowned photojournalist whose work appeared in Hayat, Life, Time-Life Magazine, Sunday Times of London, Paris Match and Stern. One of the best photographers of the 20th century with awards ranging from the 1962 Master of Leica, Légion d’honneur, France, 1999 Photographer of the Century Turkey, 2009 Lucie Award for Lifetime Achievement, New York, and the 2016 Leica Hall of Fame Award.  

His poignant, majestic archive preserves a vision of Turkey that began to vanish early in his lifetime. In his most famous shots, black-and-white cityscapes from the nineteen-fifties and sixties, couples rush through back alleys flanked by wooden homes. Horses pull carts down cobblestone streets, and skiffs crowd the waters of the Golden Horn, a bustling harbor since Byzantine times. Throughout the twentieth century, Güler’s œuvre interpreted Istanbul for a Western audience without ever exploiting its residents. What Ara Güler, “The Eye of Istanbul,” Saw in His Homeland | The New Yorker