She was born in 1981 in Ankara. As a child, she started photography as an amateur by mixing photo albums in every house she went to. And that step still continues. Childhood, youth and still taking lots of photos. The photographer, who is interested in street photography as an amateur, has been living in Istanbul since 2010 and wanders the streets of Istanbul whenever she finds time. She is married and has a 15-years-old cat named Kashmir.

MANIFEST

In our parents' homes, most of us did not have a space or borders of our own. Maybe that's why what we wanted most was a "room of our own", where we would set the boundaries ourselves. Some of us gave up looking for that room, some of us found it, some of us thought they found it, and some of us placed the "no entry" sign in their hearts and lives. As we got older, the room we were looking for turned into a big house. How happy we are! But there, too, we were not allowed to draw our own boundaries, to exist as ourselves. Some gave up, some accepted what was imposed, some tried and got tired. She forgot to look in the mirror. She forgot the strength she had because she didn't look. Some wept silently for their murdered fellows, some rebelled, some struggled. But they all felt that pain inside. Slowly they all rose to their feet as they began to hear the joyful laughter coming from far away. The sound was getting closer. They all heard this sentence through their laughter. "You will never walk alone." They repeated aloud in unison, YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE...

Pınar POLAT

February, 2022