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ANKARA PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
(AFSAD)
www.afsad.org.tr
| Ankara Photographers
Association (AFSAD) is a non-governmental organization which
has been founded in 1977 with the aim of gathering the amateur
and professional photographers to give rise to the development
of photography as an art in Turkey. |
Ali Rıza Akalın
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| Within its 23 years
of history, AFSAD has managed to document most of the changes
not only in the development of Turkish photography, but also
in the economic, social, politic and natural views of Turkey
during this period. Today, AFSAD is a very rich source of
photographs which reflect these changes with more over 6000
photographs in its archives. |
Dilek Bal
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| Among most important
activities of AFSAD is the organization of exhibitions and
slide shows on the both national and international basis.
It organizes a national photograph exhibition annually for
16 years to make the photographers focus on a specific subject
which reflect the situation of Turkey and Turkish photography
in that year. |
Figen Özbay
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| By considering
photography as a universal language of truth, AFSAD has been
trying to develop relations with foreign countries it has
organized several exhibitions and slide shows with the aim
of bringing different cultures together to know one another
for the creation of a peaceful world using the common language
of photography. |
Hatice Özder |
Since 1977, AFSAD
has introduced more than 30 publications including " Basic
Photography Lecture Notes" which is being used as a reference
in education programs of more than twenty photograph societies
around Turkey, and "FOTOGRAF"; the longest published magazine
on photography in Turkish.
Within the society, there are weekly slide shows and talks
about not only photography but also about other arts to enhance
the development of the members. Basic and advanced photographic
seminars are given to the ones who are not needed to be members
of the society but one interested about photography. |
E. Kemal Mert |
Mesut Öner |
Mustafa Saat |
Mustafa Saat |
| Apart from these
AFSAD also tries to gather other photograph societies around
Turkey under the hat of a national federation. To the this,
a study unit is formed which composed of representatives of
each society and a general secretary. The aim of this unit
is to use common language in the formation of the photography
federation. This unit is an important step because it is hard
to set up such a federation with personal or single-sided
efforts due to the governmental regulations. |
Nazan Sürer |
| Although AFSAD
is not composed of all the young people, the target group
of the society is to take in and educate is the young. In
order to attract young people, special educational seminars
and photographic trips are organized for the students at the
weekend and in the holidays. Also young members are encouraged
to take responsibility in the activities and at all levels
of management in the society. |
Nazan Sürer |
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Nilüfer Yıldız |
E. Kemal Mert
Saadet Yanardağ |
Saadet Yanardağ |
Ziya Yıldırım |
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