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Hello to you, and thanks for dropping by.

My interest in photography came about in the Summer of 2006, after a holiday visiting family in Turkey. With them speaking no English, and me next to no Turkish, I spent most, if not all my time there taking pictures. I came back with a habit of walking around with my camera, which hasn't really stopped. It's a process which makes it a lot easier capturing things that catch my eye. Which is pretty much what runs through my collections; urban details and fixtures, strong colour and contrast, odd takes, and random moments.

Apart from this website, I keep a larger collection of images on my flickr stream where I go by the pseudonym Chutney Bannister. I tend to use that website as a photoblog. Under the name Chutney Bannister, I've had photos appear in Max Magazine, londonist, FILE Magazine, FLAK photo and Utata.

Exhibitions

"The Flaxon Ptootch Affordable Art Sale" London, 12th June - 8th July 2008 (group)
"underworld" The Sun and Doves, London, 2nd June - 2nd July 2008 (solo)
"underworld" St. George's Hospital, London, 13th March - 31st March 2008 (solo)
"underworld" Flaxon Ptootch, London, 28th February - 12th March 2008 (solo)
"The Flaxon Ptootch Group Show", London, 24th January - 14th February 2008
"Some Snaps" St. George's Hospital, London, 1st October - 28th November 2007 (solo)
"Some Snaps" Frevd Cafe-bar Gallery, London, 5th August - 2nd September 2007 (solo)
"Breakthrough" San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 20th April - 16th June 2007 (group)
"We are all photographers now!" Musée de l'Elysé, Switzerland - March 2007 (group)


Publications

Time Out London

Guardian Unlimited

Everywhere Magazine
Max Magazine
URBANE Magazine
London Transport Museum
thelondonpaper
londonist
FILE Magazine
FLAK photo
Citypulse
f-stop magazine
Utata


All images Copyright © 2008 Yusuf Ozkizil