How to capture the expression of sleep in a picture of a sleeping cat? By bringing your camera up close to the cat’s face, offers photographer Namık Görgüç (1895–1947), and focusing on the whiskers, just below the closed eyes. In doing so, he writes, “You will surely create a more dynamic scene than the distant and flat photograph you might take from the cushion across.”
Photography Turkish Republic Cumhuriyet Newspaper Archive Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Collection Istanbul Research Institute Namık Görgüç Selahattin Giz
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Urban History |
Journal Section | Cabinet |
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Early Pub Date | December 30, 2024 |
Publication Date | December 31, 2024 |
Submission Date | September 11, 2024 |
Acceptance Date | November 11, 2024 |
Published in Issue | Year 2024 Volume: 6 |