Ahmet Unwar, winner of the Guardian student photographer award, 'Esat'
15 Aug 2013
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Brighton University Faculty of Arts and Architecture graduate Ahmet Unver won the Guardian student photographer prize and was the third prize winner of the independent photographers' Terry O'Neill competition.
He was born in Stockholm of Turkish descent. "His series 'Gurbet/Far Away' documents the Swedish landscape and looks at the Turkish community, who still do not feel a part of Swedish society. Unver's parents moved from Turkey to Sweden as migrant workers hoping to someday return to their homeland. These photographs exemplify his feelings of isolation and his search for identity." (Quote: Hotshoe International photography) His successes shortly after graduation from his BA Hons in Photography at the University of Brighton in 2007 include the following exhibitions and prizes: Honors/Awards 2008 – A SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS, London, www.in-difference.com/ 2007 – LENNOX CONTEMPORARY, Toronto 2007 – THE PLACE CAMBER SANDS, Camber 2007 – INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY, Battle 2007 – GRADUATION SHOW – Brighton Gallery, Brighton 2007 – CETLD – Cockroft Building, Brighton 2006 – TRIPTYCH – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest 2006 – TRIPTYCH – Brighton Gallery, Brighton His work has been published in the following Publications2008, August – Foam Magazine, Talent Issue 2008, June – Foto 8 Magazine 2007, November – Flash Forward 2007, November – Hotshoe Magzine 2006, June – Tidningen Motiv, issue8 2006, April – Humble Foundation – Groupshow.com |
