Caravanserai in Karaköy
Fishing in Bosphorus
A movable feast
Hacımimi
Berlin from east to west
Du côté de chez Swans
Eiri
Étang Rhâle
Paris 1985
Pehlivanköy – the land of Pomaks
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Caravanserai in Karaköy
Fishing in Bosphorus
A movable feast
Hacımimi
Berlin from east to west
Du côté de chez Swans
Eiri
Étang Rhâle
Paris 1985
Pehlivanköy – the land of Pomaks
Links:
Homepage
Stills
Moving image
Itinerary
From Hacımimi neighborhood (mahalle) to Tophane and to Cihangir. Hacımimi is a small quiet area located between the anglican Christ Church and the Hacımimi Mosque which is a small countryside like spot in the noisy Beyoğlu district. Tophane, once Ottoman primary industrial zone, meaning "Armory",
(meaning "Armory") the Karaköy iskelesi (ferry station) located to the left of the Galata Bridge and through the tunnel towards the small ferry station longing the entrance to the Golden Horn.
The Balık Pazarı (fish market) lies on the embankment between Galata Bridge and the metro bridge behind Tersane Cd.
Analogue black & white and colour film
Captured with Yashica Electro 35 gl
2025–2026
From Hacımimi neighborhood (mahalle) to Tophane and to Cihangir. Hacımimi is a small quiet area located between the anglican Christ Church and the Hacımimi Mosque which is a small countryside like spot in the noisy Beyoğlu district. Tophane, once Ottoman primary industrial zone, meaning "Armory",
(meaning "Armory") the Karaköy iskelesi (ferry station) located to the left of the Galata Bridge and through the tunnel towards the small ferry station longing the entrance to the Golden Horn.
The Balık Pazarı (fish market) lies on the embankment between Galata Bridge and the metro bridge behind Tersane Cd.
Analogue black & white and colour film
Captured with Yashica Electro 35 gl
2025–2026
About
I have this weird paranoid fear that one day I will see no fishermen on the Galata Bridge and Karaköy and Eminönü embankments as some fancy hotels and restaurants are slowly taking over these spots, building these polished decking terraces and green areas, all looking like renders from Sims.
But for now hundreds of fishermen, fisherwomen, fisherchildren cover the bridge and the embankments like bees, and hundreds of cats wait beside them, patient, for their share of the freshly caught Bosphorus fish.
Seagulls, street musicians, ferry announcements, beckoning cries of vendors grilling mackerel on coals. The sonic and visual environment of Karaköy has its own frequency, its own rhythm. Life unfolds here in an elementary way, and fishing feels like a life-sustaining, existential activity. The fishing rods and lines are like little threads connecting this world to the sea, to the mythic Bosphorus.
I have this weird paranoid fear that one day I will see no fishermen on the Galata Bridge and Karaköy and Eminönü embankments as some fancy hotels and restaurants are slowly taking over these spots, building these polished decking terraces and green areas, all looking like renders from Sims.
But for now hundreds of fishermen, fisherwomen, fisherchildren cover the bridge and the embankments like bees, and hundreds of cats wait beside them, patient, for their share of the freshly caught Bosphorus fish.
Seagulls, street musicians, ferry announcements, beckoning cries of vendors grilling mackerel on coals. The sonic and visual environment of Karaköy has its own frequency, its own rhythm. Life unfolds here in an elementary way, and fishing feels like a life-sustaining, existential activity. The fishing rods and lines are like little threads connecting this world to the sea, to the mythic Bosphorus.