emre çakmak,
born in 1996
WHO?
Emre Çakmak was born in Izmir/Turkey, in 1996. He used to live in Izmir until his graduation from Maltepe Military High School in 2015. Now, he lives in Ankara/Turkey, and studies English Language Teaching at Gazi University.
Since 2019, Emre has been mainly interested in Street Photography and Documentary Photography. He is in search of magical moments in daily life. He generally uses different photography techniques for putting his imagination into the daily life scenes and bringing surreal view to the frame. Because he is inspired by both of the daily life and surrealism movement, he tries to combine them. In this way, photography turns into a great way of expressing feelings and thoughts for him. His photozine named as Labyrinth was published by Bump Books. Also, some of his works were published in international magazines and exhibited globally. He has been awarded several times and some of his photos were selected in lots of international festivals and contests. He was one of the juries of Istanbul Street Photography Festival helding in 2021.
CONTESTS & FESTIVALS
• Italian Street Photo Festival 2021, Single Photo - 2nd Place
• Italian Street Photo Festival 2021, By Phone - 2nd Place
• The Ian Parry Scholarship - Commended
• Istanbul Street Photography Festival - Special Jury Award
• Sony World Photography Awards, Street - Shortlist
• Lens Culture, Home Photography Prize - Finalist
• Lens Culture, Street Photography Awards - Finalist
• Italian Street Photo Festival 2022, Single Photo - Finalist
• Street Foto San Francisco, Mobile - 3rd Place
• Leica Street Photo - Finalist
• Istanbul Street Photography Festival, Singles - Top 10
• Istanbul Street Photography Festival, Istanbul - Finalist X2
• The Independent Photographer - Finalist
• Life Framer - Honourable Mention
• Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards, 2020 - Finalist X2
• Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards, 2021 - Finalist
• London Street Photography Festival - Finalist
• International Photography Awards - Honourable Mention X2
• 212 Photography Istanbul - Finalist