Analog Film Fotoğrafçılığı Olarak Fenomenolojik Yeniden Deneyimleme: Bytom, Chorzów, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze ve Opole’den Sekiz Fotoğraflık Bir Seride Zaman, Maddesellik ve Atmosfer

Abstract

Bu çalışma, analog film fotoğrafçılığını mekânın yalnızca temsil edilmediği, aynı zamanda zaman, maddesellik ve atmosfer aracılığıyla yeniden deneyimlendiği fenomenolojik bir araştırma pratiği olarak ele almaktadır. Araştırmanın amacı, analog fotoğraf üretim sürecinin gündelik kentsel çevrelerin algılanışını nasıl dönüştürdüğünü incelemek ve bu pratiğin fenomenolojik bir yöntem olarak potansiyelini ortaya koymaktır. Çalışmanın veri seti, yazar tarafından Polonya’da Bytom, Chorzów, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze ve Opole kentlerinde üretilmiş sekiz analog fotoğraftan oluşan bir seridir. Araştırma, analog fotoğrafçılığın yalnızca estetik bir tercih değil, gecikme, bekleme, dikkat, yüzey okuması ve atmosferik algı üzerinden işleyen özgül bir deneyim biçimi olduğu varsayımına dayanmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda çalışma şu sorulara odaklanmaktadır: Analog fotoğraf zamansallık algısını nasıl etkiler? Atmosfer fotoğraflarda nasıl görünür hâle gelir? Analog üretimin maddi izleri anlam oluşumuna nasıl katkı sağlar? Fotoğrafların seri hâlinde okunması nasıl bütüncül bir deneyimsel anlatı kurar? Yöntem olarak nitel, hermenötik-fenomenolojik bir yaklaşım benimsenmiş; veri analizi betimleyici çözümleme, tematik kodlama ve seri okuma teknikleriyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bulgular, analog sürecin zamansal farkındalığı artırdığını, atmosferi mekânsal deneyimin temel bileşeni hâline getirdiğini ve maddi izlerin teknik kusurlardan ziyade, epistemik bir işlev üstlendiğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca fotoğraf serisinin eşik, hareket, tekrar, gündeliklik, endüstriyel süreklilik ve ufuk gibi temalar etrafında bütünleştiği ortaya konmuştur. Sonuç olarak çalışma, analog fotoğrafçılığın yaşantılanan mekânı anlamada araştırma odaklı ve fenomenolojik bir araç olarak kullanılabileceğini ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

• analog fotoğrafçılık
• fenomenoloji
• atmosfer
• maddesellik
• kentsel algı

Analog Film Photography as Phenomenological Re-Experience: Time, Materiality, and Atmosphere in an Eight-Image Series from Bytom, Chorzów, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze, and Opole

Abstract

This study examines analog film photography as a form of phenomenological re-experience in which place is not merely represented but re-encountered through time, materiality, and atmosphere. The aim of the study is to investigate how the analog photographic process transforms the perception of everyday urban environments and to demonstrate its potential as a phenomenological research method. The dataset consists of an eight-image photographic series produced by the author in southern Poland, specifically from the cities of Bytom, Chorzów, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze, and Opole. The study is based on the assumption that analog photography is not only an aesthetic preference but also a distinctive mode of experience structured by delay, waiting, attention, surface interpretation, and atmospheric perception. Accordingly, the research addresses the following questions: How does analog photography shape the perception of temporality? How does atmosphere become legible in photographs? How do the material traces of analog production contribute to meaning-making? How does the serial reading of photographs construct an integrated experiential narrative? Methodologically, the study adopts a qualitative, hermeneutic-phenomenological approach. The photographs are analyzed through descriptive interpretation, thematic coding, and serial reading. The findings indicate that analog photography intensifies temporal awareness, renders atmosphere as a primary dimension of spatial experience, and positions material traces as epistemic cues rather than technical imperfections. The photographic series forms a coherent experiential structure organized around themes such as threshold, movement, repetition, everydayness, industrial persistence, and horizon. As a result, the study argues that analog film photography can function as a research-oriented phenomenological tool for understanding lived urban space.

Keywords

• analog photography
• phenomenology
• atmosphere
• materiality
• urban perception

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