Tahir Ün

Photographer, video artist, curator, activist

www.tahirun.net

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Location: Turkey

Nationality: turkish

Biography: Tahir Ün was born in Turkey. He has been working periodically at Xinjiang (Uighur) Autonomous Region of China, Balkans, Caucasia and Turkey as a freelance photographer, videographer, curator and activist. Tahir Ün is an... MORE

In this project, human portraits and related side images are used together. These side images are thought of as keywords. In another sense they are key images and they give us clues about the living conditions, social, political, psychological conditions of the people in the portraits. These clues are sometimes abstract and sometimes sufficiently clear. The heroes in my photos are civil servants, peasants, refugees, children, activists, homosexuals, homeless people.

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Copyright Tahir Ün 2024

Date of Work May 2014 - Ongoing

Updated Mar 2019

Topics Conceptual, Documentary, Fine Art, Photography, Portraiture, triptych

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Jan 1, 1986 - Dec 31, 1989

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Tahir Ün / İzmir

Jun 19, 2009 - Jan 16, 2010

Xinjiang: Re-Construction

Tahir Ün / Xinjiang

Sep 1, 2011 - Ongoing

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Mar 26, 2017 - Ongoing

Nuclear Ghost

Tahir Ün / İnceburun, Sinop

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Tahir Ün / Izmir

Jun 9, 2015 - Apr 20, 2016

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