A new look at the Şinasi Barutçu Cup

ŞİNASİ BARUTÇU

Painter and Photographer Şinasi Barutçu, one of the most important names in the history of Turkish Photography in the Republican Period and one of the pioneers of our country's photography, was born in 1906 in Istanbul.

Photography in 1920; He started out as an apprentice in the dark room at Resne Photography Center.

He entered the Teachers' School in 1921. Later, while continuing to the Academy of Fine Arts, he worked as an art teacher at the Teachers' School, which he graduated from.

The artist, who was in Germany between 1928 and 1932, was interested in photography while studying at the Cologne Business Teachers School and the Bonn Pedagogical Academy.

When he returned to Turkey, he became a lecturer in the Department of Painting, Poster and Graphic Arts at Ankara Gazi Education Institute.

He made the authorities accept that photography is also an art branch, and he took the curriculum as a compulsory subject, and he also taught this course. Thus, "Photography" took its place in the curriculum in 1932.

He went to Berlin in 1936 to view the Olympics. He won second place in the Olympic photo contest.

He worked with photography amateurs with the opening of community centers and pioneered the organization of photography contests throughout the country.

He worked as a photography teacher in Ankara Police Institute in 1941 and as the Chief of Photography Service in General Directorate of Press and Broadcasting in 1943.

In 1944; His book, Beautiful Handwriting, has been published.

In 1945, he climbed the Cilo Mountains and Reşko Peak and created a large photo archive of the region.

Again in 1945; He published the magazine named "Photo Magazine of Amateur and Professional", which is the first photography magazine of Turkey.

He collected his articles published in magazines in 1947 in a book called "Photo Talks".

The artist, who was the director of the Center for Instructional Films established by the Ministry of Education in the 1950s, ensured the organization of this center throughout the country.

In 1950, he founded the Turkish Amateur Photo Club - TAFK, which he chaired for a long time. TAFK formed the core of Istanbul Photography and Cinema Amateur Club - IFSAK, which was founded in 1959.

In 1953, he went to America to do research on photography at the invitation of the American Government.

In 1954, he published the book "Dia, Film and Short Notes".

In 1955; He opened the first color photographs exhibition in Adana in Turkey.

In 1957 he went back to America to voice a movie.

In 1958, the Turkish Amateur Photography Club enabled TAFK to become a member of the International Federation of Photographic Art, FIAP.

Trabzon Amateur Photography Club was established in 1959 with the initiative and assistance of Şinasi Barutçu.

In 1961; he settled in Istanbul as a Writing, Graphic Arts and Photography Teacher at the Istanbul Atatürk Education Institute, became a member of IFSAK and was elected president.

In 1967, he founded the Atatürk Education Institute Photo Club and served as its president.

Since 1973, he guided his friends who are photography enthusiasts in Turkey to establish a Photography Club and worked on the establishment of the National Federation of Photo Associations of Turkey.

In 1975, he published his book "Composition in Photography" with his son Ergun Barutçu.

In the years 1950-1960 he was under the management of the club founded by Dr.Bozkurt Ergör under the name of "Turkish Mountaineering Club" in Istanbul and continued its existence between 1962-1972 and these studies formed the core of the first private mountaineering organizations in our country.

Interested in painting as well as photography, Şinasi Barutçu opened his first personal exhibition in 1978 with his watercolors and his second watercolor exhibition in 1981.

He died in Istanbul, where he was born, in 1985.

He is a versatile artist who has succeeded in transferring the fine lines of life, colors of nature, feelings and thoughts to photography and painting with his original style developed in a wide language flexibility. The artist, who received many awards and plaques in Turkey and abroad, is known for his great contributions to Turkish Photography Art.

As FOTOGEN, we commemorate this valuable master with the Şinasi Barutçu Cup event, which we started right after our establishment, and try to keep his creative spirit alive.

With love and respect ...

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A NEW LOOK AT THE ŞİNASİ BARUTÇU CUP

This is a different exhibition. An exhibition of the history of Şinasi Barutçu Cup, which started 32 years ago and is one of the oldest and deep-rooted photography events of our country.

The Şinasi Barutçu Cup is a called print photography contest launched by FOTOGEN in 1988. In fact, we haven't had enough to say "competition" ever since. The Şinasi Barutçu Cup, which will express the concepts of "event" or "exhibition" better.

Of course, a lot has changed in our world of photography since 1988. Most importantly, digital photography has entered our lives. "Print" competitions gradually gave way to digital competitions. But the Şinasi Barutçu Cup has not changed and has come to these days as a printing activity.

So much so, when we had difficulty in gathering the Selection Committee due to the pandemic conditions last year, we thought whether we should hold the meeting online or not. No! It was a print contest and the selection committee had to see the photo prints. Thus, we had to hold the selection committee meeting until the bans were relaxed.

So, who is invited to the 3-year marathon of the Şinasi Barutçu Cup? As a result of an extensive research conducted by the FOTOGEN Board of Directors every year, photographers who stand out in photography activities held in different regions of our country are investigated and those deemed appropriate are invited to the Cup. The number of invitations each year will complete the total participation to 12. In other words, there are 12 participants in all tours every year.

While determining the participants to be invited, efforts are made to select candidates from outside the metropolises where photographers are concentrated, and to protect the balance between men and women as much as possible. In addition to young talents who are deemed worthy of encouragement, senior and well-known photographers are also featured, and they are desired to be side by side in the exhibition to be opened.

In the "A New Look at the Şinasi Barutçu Cup" exhibition that you will watch a little later, there are 105 new photographs of our 35 photographers who have won the Şinasi Barutçu Cup since 1990. With two exceptions: Adnan Veli Kuvanlık, whom we lost very early in 2008, and Tuğrul Çakar, whom we lost untimely in 2017. We host these two friends to our exhibition with their trophy photos. With respect to his memories ...

This exhibition includes new photographs of our friends who have taken the Şinasi Barutçu Cup for 30 years; when read together with the original Cup photos of our same friends on the www.fotogen.org.tr web page; we think it will give important clues about ...

• The change of our country's photograph over time and,

• The travel of the photographers in the exhibition through time.

This exhibition, which we think will contribute to the recording of our country's visual memory, was suggested by our friend Ahmet Sabuncu during the online cup event this year. We thank him.

FOTOGEN Boards of Directors, which have been organizing the cup with great devotion for 32 years without interrupting the cup, to all the participants who have participated in the Cup since 1988 and have made such a photo inventory today; We would like to thank the Cup Secretaries, who dealt with all the details, and the selection committees who have contributed to the current level of the Şinasi Barutçu Cup for 32 years, without expecting any response, only for the development of the art of photography.

Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to the Turkish Federation of Photography Art and its President, Dr.Sefa Ulukan, who made us realize this exhibition by opening the TFSF / FIAP Online Gallery.

Good viewing…

Ibrahim Göksungur

FOTOGEN Photography Art Association

Chairman of the Board

Sergi Açılış Linki : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LavElOxcl18