Yıldız Moran Explained

Yıldız Moran (; 24 July 1932 – 15 April 1995) was a Turkish photographer who was active from 1950 to 1962.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Her work has posthumously been shown in solo exhibitions at Pera Museum and at İstanbul Modern in Istanbul, and is held in the collection of the latter.

Life and work

Moran attended Robert College in Istanbul, leaving in her senior year. Following the advice of her uncle, art historian, she then moved to the UK and studied photography first at Bloomsbury Technical College and then at Ealing Technical College in London.^[1]

She was active as a photographer from 1950 to 1962,^[1] when she gave up photography for lexicography.^[5]

Moran married poet Özdemir Asaf in 1963 and had three children in four years.^[6]

Publications

• Fotoğrafcı. Istanbul: Adam, 1998. . Exhibition catalogue.
• Yıldız Moran: Zamansız Fotoğraflar / Timeless Photographs. Istanbul: Pera Museum, 2013. . Exhibition catalogue. Text in Turkish and English.
• Yıldız Moran. Eczacıbaşı Photographers Series. Istanbul: Eczacıbaşi, 2017. Edited by Merih Akoğul. . A retrospective. Text in Turkish and English.

Exhibitions

• Timeless Photographs, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013/14^[7]
• Yıldız Moran: A Mountain Tale, İstanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019^{[8] [9] [10]}

Collections

Moran's work is held in the following permanent collection:

• İstanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ayten. Tartici. 2021-09-26. Turkey's Photography Doyenne. The New York Review of Books.
2. Web site: 2021-09-26. Turkey's first academically trained female photographer gets her dues. Hürriyet Daily News.
3. Web site: 2021-09-26. Kısa, güçlü ve etkili bir ışık: Yıldız Moran. www.hurriyet.com.tr.
4. News: 2021-09-26. Istanbul Rising. Wall Street Journal. 17 September 2011. 0099-9660.
5. Web site: 2021-09-27. Cornucopia Magazine Eye of the Beholder. www.cornucopia.net.
6. Web site: 2021-09-26. Yıldız Moran: 'A Mountain's Tale' at Istanbul Modern. 12 December 2018. Daily Sabah.
7. Web site: 2021-09-26. Pera Museum. www.peramuseum.org.
8. Web site: 2021-09-26. An ode to black and white: Merih Akoğul talks Yıldız Moran. Time Out Istanbul.
9. Web site: 2021-09-26. 'A Mountain Tale' by Yıldız Moran at Istanbul Modern. Hürriyet Daily News.
10. Web site: 2021-09-26. ArtAsiaPacific: A Mountain Tale. ArtAsiaPacific.
11. Web site: 2021-09-26. Yıldız Moran: A Mountain Tale - İstanbul Modern. www.istanbulmodern.org.