Kaza ve Kader

2004-2008

In contemporary Turkish, “Kaza ve Kader” can be translated as “Accident and Destiny” but when one considers the Islamic connotations of the words, they can be interpreted as “Event and Outcome” as well. In the series that consists of 52 images, the concept ‘accident’ is used in a threefold way: A metaphor for the multi-layered organic nature of Istanbul; a method of engaging with the urban environment through disassociated investigations of public and personal spaces and a contemplation on the accidental nature embedded in the practice of street photography, where one doesn’t know what will happen at 1/60th of a second during which the light registers an image of the events that are unfolding in front of the spectator.

Ali Taptık