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Jun 2023
22m 33s

Ci Demi on his surreal, unsettling photo...

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
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Ci Demi on his photographs of Istanbul, which present an eerie, unflattering image of the city through depopulated landscapes, urban sprawl and surreal juxtapositions. His new photobook "Sehri Fikri" (Notions of a City) is published by Onagöre.

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