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- Instanbul Not Constantinople
Instanbul Not Constantinople
Instanbul Not Constantinople
85 pgs. Hardcover, 95 photos with unique ephemera, printed on 140# Mohawk proPhoto Pearl paper
edition of 2, one for the author and one for the Margonelli-Haliscelik family
August of 2023 Tim Soter made a last minute decision to be on press for the printing of his book, DFA Records : the early years. He flew to Istanbul, staying as a guest of Ufuk Sahin at his printing house, MAS Matbaa. For five days (really mostly nights) he worked approving pages, learning the pre-press process and enjoyed the company of friend. Staying up late with Ufuk, to try and catch a glimpse of the International Space station flying overhead and enjoy a late dinner, with cats winding their way under the outdoor rooftop table. When the printing was wrapped he moved on to stay with Becky Margonelli-Haliscelik and her husband Kahraman and daughter Mina.
Becky and Tim had the same circle of friends for over twenty-five years but had never spent any significant time together, one on one. Becky, being an artist herself, turned out to be an excellent tour guide. Instead of going to popular mosques or tourist hotspots she took Tim to what he remembers as “the street of all dresses” and the quirky transportation museum. Tim had researched the Feriköy Flea Market in advance of the trip and they went there together, pouring over eclectic items and potential souvenirs.
As with, Gotëborg, Kungälv and places nearby, his travelogue from the previous year, this book displays unexpected cultural incongruities that caught his eye, all and shot vertically and captured with a fixed 35mm lens. A man in all-white communicates, phone raised, to colorful luggage. The ghost of a bee keeper guards a floor to ceiling glass window. A parked train engine provides part of a network of textures and lines that flattens the photo into an exciting collection of geometry and pattern. Opposite that, a couple on a busy street hides behind a tree and a ladder finding shade and some privacy for their affection. A tourbus parked on the Galata bridge reflects the city in its windows, mirroring the panorama that’s been printed below it, on a decal on the side of the bus.
To make each of the copies of the book unique, he attached ephemera into the final blank pages, postcards he collected at the flea market. He attached a saw-cut Turkish lira into two pieces, each book getting half a bill.
It is a book limited to an edition of two copies, one for himself and one as a gift to his very generous host family.
85 pgs. Hardcover, 95 photos with unique ephemera, printed on 140# Mohawk proPhoto Pearl paper
edition of 2, one for the author and one for the Margonelli-Haliscelik family
August of 2023 Tim Soter made a last minute decision to be on press for the printing of his book, DFA Records : the early years. He flew to Istanbul, staying as a guest of Ufuk Sahin at his printing house, MAS Matbaa. For five days (really mostly nights) he worked approving pages, learning the pre-press process and enjoyed the company of friend. Staying up late with Ufuk, to try and catch a glimpse of the International Space station flying overhead and enjoy a late dinner, with cats winding their way under the outdoor rooftop table. When the printing was wrapped he moved on to stay with Becky Margonelli-Haliscelik and her husband Kahraman and daughter Mina.
Becky and Tim had the same circle of friends for over twenty-five years but had never spent any significant time together, one on one. Becky, being an artist herself, turned out to be an excellent tour guide. Instead of going to popular mosques or tourist hotspots she took Tim to what he remembers as “the street of all dresses” and the quirky transportation museum. Tim had researched the Feriköy Flea Market in advance of the trip and they went there together, pouring over eclectic items and potential souvenirs.
As with, Gotëborg, Kungälv and places nearby, his travelogue from the previous year, this book displays unexpected cultural incongruities that caught his eye, all and shot vertically and captured with a fixed 35mm lens. A man in all-white communicates, phone raised, to colorful luggage. The ghost of a bee keeper guards a floor to ceiling glass window. A parked train engine provides part of a network of textures and lines that flattens the photo into an exciting collection of geometry and pattern. Opposite that, a couple on a busy street hides behind a tree and a ladder finding shade and some privacy for their affection. A tourbus parked on the Galata bridge reflects the city in its windows, mirroring the panorama that’s been printed below it, on a decal on the side of the bus.
To make each of the copies of the book unique, he attached ephemera into the final blank pages, postcards he collected at the flea market. He attached a saw-cut Turkish lira into two pieces, each book getting half a bill.
It is a book limited to an edition of two copies, one for himself and one as a gift to his very generous host family.