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New museum dedicated to legendary Istanbul photographer

Celebrated Turkish photographer Ara Guler, known as the "eye of Istanbul," has gotten a museum of his own in the city he captured over decades of change.
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Turkey’s doyen of photography Ara Guler has amassed a vast archive spanning hundreds of thousands photos over decades of shooting in Istanbul, throughout Turkey and all over the world. His incredible body of work, known for evocatively memorializing distinct periods of an Istanbul since buried in history, has inspired the creation of its own museum.

The unveiling of the museum, in Istanbul's Bomontiada complex, coincided with the 90th birthday of Guler, who has been dubbed “the Eye of Istanbul” for his breathtaking work that zoomed in on daily life in his beloved city over the decades.

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