After Yesterday From The Photography Collection of Istanbul Modern

In the exhibition “After Yesterday”, Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery presented a selection from the photography collection which have been expanding since the inception of the museum. The exhibition displayed the technical and conceptual development of photography in Turkey from the Ottoman era to our day.

Photography, a field of expression undergoing continual change and transformation in modern-day culture, is in a state of natural communication and communion with the masses. Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery exhibited contemporary works that capture and convey this transformation by presenting worldwide developments observed in the photographic realm, influences of art movements on photography, and important examples of photographic art in Turkey from its beginning until today.

The photography collection of Istanbul Modern, the only museum in Turkey containing an independent photography section with its own collection and gallery, includes works ranging from the Ottoman era and the beginning of the Republic to the post 1950’s which formed the basis of Turkish photography in the 1960’s, 1970’s to today.

“After Yesterday” presented, in a comprehensive way, the richness of the past and the present day while also shedding light on the collection’s potential development in years to come.

Artists: Cengiz Akduman, Burcu Aksoy, Aziz Albek, Ersin Alok, Arif Aşçı, Tahsin Aydoğmuş, Jak Baruh, Guillaume Berggren, Atila Cangır, İbrahim Coşkun, Nevzat Çakır, İsa Çelik, Orhan Cem Çetin, Gültekin Çizgen, Burhan Doğançay, Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Ahmet Elhan, Kamil Fırat, Abdullah Frères, Gülmez Frères, Baha Gelenbevi, Bennu Gerede, Murat Germen, Ahmet Öner Gezgin, Ara Güler, Sami Güner, Selim Güneş, Mehmet Günyeli, Mihran İranyan, Sabit Kalfagil, Mustafa Kapkın, Cengiz Karlıova, Şahin Kaygun, İzzet Keribar, Mehmet Kısmet, Sinan Koçaslan, Sıtkı Kösemen, Paul McMillen, Aslı Narin, Ömer Orhun, Bülent Özgören, Lütfi Özkök, Sedat Pakay, Othmar Pferschy, Rubellin Père & Fils, Sevim Sancaktar, Sébah & Joaillier, Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Atilla Torunoğlu, Cem Turgay, Yusuf Tuvi, Cafer Türkmen, İbrahim Zaman

Curator: Engin Özendes