Ara Güler’s photographs, compiled from his years of travels across Anatolia and brought to life with captivating colors, await visitors at the Museum of Modern Art on the Greek island of Rhodes on July 11. These 62 special photographs, taken between 1957 and 2003, showcase Ara Güler’s mastery of color photography and his deep love for Anatolia.
The Ara Güler Museum continues to bring the master photographer’s art to a wide audience through exhibitions, publications, and collaborations both domestically and internationally. In this exhibition, where colors stand out as a powerful element connecting Anatolia, Ara Güler’s photographs transcend the concepts of time and space, establishing a deep connection with the viewer while emphasizing the familiar life of Anatolia.
These colorful works, which were first exhibited at the Ara Güler Museum in 2023, are now meeting art lovers in Rhodes, marking the museum’s first exhibition experience in Greece. Ara Güler’s Colorful Anatolia exhibition can be visited at the Rhodes Museum of Contemporary Art until August 30.
Ara Güler
Ara Güler, one of the pioneers of photojournalism and photography in Turkey, was born in Istanbul in 1928. Known as “The Eye of Istanbul,” Güler immortalized the cultural fabric, people, and life of the city and Anatolia, particularly through his black-and-white photographs. Known for his humanistic and warm perspective on photography, Ara Güler worked for prestigious magazines such as National Geographic, Time, and Paris Match throughout his long career. The artist’s works are featured in many museums and private collections around the world. Ara Güler, who passed away in 2018, is one of Turkey’s most valuable visual memories.
