1951 born in Canakkale/ Turkey. Until 1969 numerous

casual jobs. 1969 joining an acting course until 1976

working as an actor at different Theatres in Istanbul.
Entering Germany in November 1976.

Beginning of 1977 working as a free lance photographer

and journalist for German and Turkish magazines and

newspapers. Publication of numerous photo-reports

Exhibitions

"Children"
Displayed in Stuttgart during the UNICEF-BRD convention

in the " Year of the children"

"You don` t know what it means to a foreigner evereywhere"
Displayed between 1980 and 1985 in 35 cities of the Federal

Republic of Germany

"The seventh cross"
An exhibition about the same named novel written by

Anna Seghers and in connection with the authors 80th

birthday. Several photographer from Mainz joined the

exhibition. ( In city archive Mainz)

"Two foreign eyes, a short glance"
Exhibited between 1985 and 1988 in Berlin, Mainz, Moskau,

Duisburg, Höchst, Esslingen, Würzburg, Nauheim, Lübeck,

Zonguldak-Turkey and Urbiono-Italy.

"Black on White"
Photo-Exhibition about the Youth-today, with text of Manfred Miller
(SWF Kulturredaktion Mainz), by the order of the city of Mainz and

Savings-Bank Mainz.

"Turkey, I love you"
Organization and performance of this exhibition, joined by

39 turkish photographers. This exhibition was shown in

several cities in Germany.

"Photography- Now"
Participation at Community Exhibition of the Mainz Art Club

in occassion to "150 years of Photographie", Mainz 1989

"Invalid- The Lost Generation"
(Thirty Years Turkish guest workers in Germany)
Displayed between 1991 and 1993 in Munich, Marburg, Essen, Ruesselsheim, Hamburg, Koenigswinter, Ingelheim, Lübeck,

Kiel, Mainz, Metz (FR), Bottrop, Oberhausen and Kaiserslautern.

"Rainy-Heat"- and the moon rises whither the birds move...
Starting September 1996 in Mainz
August 1997 Galerie Goethe 53, Munich
September 1997 Museumscenter Lorsch
June 1998 through April 1999 House of the History in
Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
April/ May 1999 Galerie Rotunde City Administration and
Opel AG Rüsselsheim
June 1999 City-Library Ravensburg

"The gaze is the bow of the human being"

( Walter Benjamin)
Turkish peaople in Germ,any- Turkish people in Turky
Exhibition with Candida Hofer in Rotterdam
(November 1996 through Jannuary 1997)

Focus: Thats us!
Photoprojekt with Youngsters
1998 in Fürth/ Odenwald

"Photography 2000" in Mainz
Participation in the exhibition "

Art and Artists in Rheinland-Pfalz"

"Hotel Germany"- A journey without return
August 2001 in Mainz, Berlin, etc.

"Stations of Silent"
Since March 2005 Völklinger-Hütte Saarland
(World-Culture Inheritance)

Books as well as Show-catalogs

"YOU DON` T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO A FOREIGNER EVEREYWHERE"
AstA - University Mainz, 1982

" TWO FOREIGN EYES, A SHORT GLANCE"
Kaynar Publishing House, Duisburg 1985, ed.s Art-office Berlin-Neukölln.

"24 HOURS RUHR AREA"
RV-Verlag Munich 1985, with other photographers. The book was

distinguished with the "Kodakphotobuchpreis."

"INVALID" - the lost generation
Kyrill & Method Publishing House, Munich 1991

YASAMIN AYNASI FOTOGRAF
Essays about photo in Turkish
1. Edition August 1999, Gendas Publishing House, Istanbul

"STATIONS OF THE SILENCE"
August 2001, Önel Publishing House, Cologne

Prieces

1979 Special award POLITIKA ( daily newspaper in Turkey)
1981 5th place " Permission we are the Youth - Workers Photography Germany
1983 Distiction with the Prize of the German Youth-Press
1985 Participation beside numerous famous photographers from all over the world

Project " 24 Hours in the district" ( KODAK-Photobookprize)
1985 Diplom International Press Photo, Moskau
1985 2nd place and Diplom, International Photo-contest: Youth, Warsaw
1985 Appreciation of the city of Siegen
1987 Diplom, Interpress-Photo, Bagdad-Iraque
1994 Silver-Medal KODAK Panther Work-Book
1997 3rd Prize, 50 Years-50 Pictures Rheinland-Pfalz and its people

Purchases