SEFA ULUKAN,MD.

Born in 1960, he grew up in Adana and took his first photographs in 1973.

In 1976 received his first exhibition and award. In 1978, he became the youngest founder of Adana Photography Amateurs Association AFAD at the age of eighteen. He received his first international award by winning a gold medal in Photography at the World University Games held in Canada in 1983 during his medical school years. Ulukan, who has been intensely interested in photography since these years, served as the General Secretary of the working committee (FDÇK) formed by the photography associations in Turkey in the pre-federation period.

In 1998, he opened his own workshop under the name of Fotografya and in 2001 became the Association of Photography and Cinema Art. In 2005, he opened the Art Gallery in Adana to contribute to art in Fotografya.

He is still an Honorary Member of AFAD, and he is the President and founder of Fotografya (Photography and Cinema Art Association).

Besides FIAP, he is the representative of GPU (Global Photographic Union) in Turkey, and he is an active and titled member of international photography organizations such as IUP (International Union of Photographers), APU (Asia Photographers Union). He holds the titles EFIAP in FIAP, Hermes and Crown 2 in the GPU.

He served as the vice president of the board of directors of the Turkish Photographic Art Federation in 2017-2019. In the 2019-2021 period, he continues as the Chairman of the Board of Turkey Photography Art Federation.

He is invited by many countries to various exhibitions and photography events for jury, speaker or photo shoot. His photographs and travel articles have been published in many magazines or used as covers.

For more than 45 years in the art of photography in 2021, he continues to take photographs, put effort into organizing, educate and live stubbornly.