Birol Üzmez, who reflected the lives of mine workers to his photographs in Zonguldak where he lived for long years, was born in Akcakoca in August 20, 1960. In 1984, he began to take interest in the artistic view of his father's profession, who was also a photographer and became a member of the Association of Photograph and Cinema Amateurs in Istanbul (IFSAK) in 1986. 

In 1985 together with Fahri Bozbas and Ertugrul Unal, he set an exhibition named "Once Upon a Time Zonguldak) using the photos collected from the archives of Nazim Baysal, who was one of the first photographers in Zonguldak. Following to the exhibition "Window" which he arranged together with Ugur Kasirga in 1986, he set two other joint-exhibitions, "Loneliness" with Ayhan Ulku and "Life of a Miner" with Ibrahim Akyurek.

He worked as a member of TUSAK Board in 1987-1988. Founding the Zonguldak Photographers Group with his six friends in 1986, he continued to work for the development of photograph art in Zonguldak. He set four Zonguldak Photograph Days with that goup. He revealed the photos in the archives of the architect Sureyya Aytac..

He worked for Cumhuriyet Newspaper between 1990-1993 as a free reporting photographer and documented the strike in 1990 and the firedamp disaster in 1992. He took place in the formation of the "Group for Documented Photographs" composed of  Ibrahim Akyurek, Sirin Kucuktabak, Sevil Uzrek, Faruk Akbas ve Celal Deniz. 

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