Weekly Post: Yusuf Sevincli, By Alli

Yusuf Sevincli is a photographer based in the Istanbul area. He photographs in black and white and color. He also creates photographs using the dipdych technique. Looking at his photographs and espcially these, it seems to me that he tries to create a sense of connection and disconnections that we have in the world that we live in today. His use of black and white immediatly brings a sense of disconnection by itself by giving the photos no belonging to a specific time or place. Also the use of no color also bring a mood of disconnect wether if the images had color we could maybe discribe it as being more lively. For example, in this first photo the techniques brings a sense of disconnect but the subject matter speaks connection. Obviously, because its two people sharing the same space. Even though we only see these two peoples legs, the legs are touching & it appears that one person is laying on top of the other, and intimate moment that one would usually only share with someone they did have a connection with. In the photo below, we see a woman hold her bra while it is unstrapped. Another way that I can see something being relayed back to this disconnect/connection theme. Since bra straps are usually connected for it to be useful, this woman is holding hers apart either taking it off or putting it on, but Sevincli decided to capture this photograph in the moment where it is unable to be understood wether she is taking it off or putting it on.

I couldn't find much information on the series that these photographs were from, or the photographs alone and his website doesn't even display his photographs, although he does have a blog that he posts writings and publishings in which his works have been in. One writing I thought was interesting that i believe may have been in a magazine called "Bite!" Sevuncli writes,

 

"In a world full of codes, there is a real sense of need to somehow connect to something, anything, in this somewhat cold, mechanical, digitalized place that we live in. We ignore our relationship to nature, take it for granted and feel lost when cut off from it. Though nature, in merciless ways reminds us, not to push boundaries. Even with the least threat it may impose, we could all be grounded in Europe for hours, days and even weeks with just the tip of a volcano. We seem to loose touch with our inner selves and struggle to engage with others. Yet, we are desperate to find a connection between ourselves and others, to bond through similar backgrounds, memories and ideology. In my selection of young artists, we can feel the engagement of everyday life thoroughly, whether it be the effects of the financial crisis, social restraint or dependency on technological evolution. The shared vision of these artists is based on the actual impact of these issues on our lives."

I'm not sure if at all, Sevincli was referring this to anything, but it proves to me that since this is something that he thinks about and took the time to write, that it is something that he may have very well spent time photographing, and his photographs above, to me, relate to this paragraph completely.