Ali Taptık

Reform–Reset–Revisit

2014

Commissioned by IKSV for
International Exhibition of Architecture 2014

Commissioned for the TR Pavillion at the 14th International Exhibition of Architecture in Venice, Reform–Reset–Revisit (2014) combines structural details, work architecture and urban spaces from the 1850s until today. Taptık’s photographic constellation extends curator Koolhaas’ conception of the modern era (1914-2014) by taking the Declaration of Reform (1839) the first Constitutional Document of the Ottoman Empire.

Angel’s Share

2016

Elliott Erwitt Fellowship

Turkish photographer Ali Taptik has been awarded the first ‘Elliott Erwitt Havana Club 7 Fellowship’. 

In this short essay, “Angel’s Share,” Taptik thinks about the global urban condition in the streets of Havana. The relationship between generations is like an invisible vapor, about to disappear, like those significant moments that constantly appear in front of your eyes. Nothing dissolves forever. The series contrasts the Cuban culture inherited not only in the gestures and features but also in vernacular elements of architecture. Young, energetic bodies that will take Havana into the future combined with the doubts and worries of a photographer away from home during the hottest July of all time Taptik opens the door to the becoming Havana.

_{from the press release published
in the British Journal of Photography in 2016}