Street Art and Graffiti in Istanbul

Choose your frame and wait for something extraordinary to happen.

This post is dedicated to all street art and graffiti artist in İstanbul.  Some of them are anonimous and probably we will never know who they are but some others are known for their work around the world.   Whether is a stairs, a wall, aluminum fence, or even a window reflection, any where you look on your way to some turistic site in İstanbul, you will probably find one of these graffiti.   

Here are some of the graffiti I found on my way to explore İstanbul.  I wanted to photograph people's reactions and interactions with this art. I chose the frame and wait for something extraordinary to happen. 

Donusun  by Eskreyn.  Moda Cd. Kadiköy District.

  "You choose a frame and then wait until the right time for something magical to come along and fill it. " - Elliott Erwitt. 

   Kadiköy District.

  The hardest thing about street photography is to be patient and wait until you find some magical moment.  It is a matter of probability and yes it will happen. 

Kadiköy District.

Galata 

Istiklal Caddesi

Beyoglu District.

Beyoğlu District.

Topane

Topane

Topane

    Topane

Topane District

                        Topane 

  Istiklal Caddesi, Beyoglu District.

 Terror by Pixel Pancho.  Nuzhet Efendi Sk. Kadiköy District. 

Terror by Pixel Pancho. Nuzhet Efendi Sk. Kadiköy District. 

 Kadiköy District.

Ship by Dome. Kadiköy District.

  Kadiköy District.

 

Family by Amose.  Kırmızı Kuşak Sk. Kadiköy District.

Family by Amose. Kırmızı Kuşak Sk. Kadiköy District.

 Ship by Dome. Kadiköy District.

  

  

 Captain Eagle by Esk Reyn.  Kadiköy District.

  

 

Beyoğlu District.

Beyoğlu District.

Beyoğlu District.

Beyoğlu District.

Beyoğlu District.

  

 

 Kadiköy District.

                   

Kadiköy District.

I was not lucky in all the frames but I am proud of being patient and have waited for a while without knowing what excactly I was looking for. Something will happen, I keep telling myself and it did! 

 At the end this lesson applies at just about everything in life, be patient is a virtude!

I hope you enjoy the views!

Soreya Reyes

www.searchingforemotion.com

STREET LIFE AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Twitter:  @street_photos_

https://www.instagram.com/searchingforemotion/

Dreaming on a Ferry Boat

Find faces that makes you think.

I live in the Asian side of İstanbul and I cross the bosphorus very often to the European side. I always carry my camera with me and while I am on the ferry I search for faces that makes me think and "İ steal" those moments.  

I always find people daydreaming on a ferryboat. The reason is very simple: you let yourself go.  It is a moment on your own,  the boat is taking you to the other side so you don't need to worry, you have those minutes for yourself.  

Here are some of the faces that made me think,  they might be poor in composition and light but as I am learning street photography I let myself go and just take those moments.

Ferry to Üsküdar, İstanbul.

Ferry thru the Golden Horn, İstanbul

 

Ferry to Üsküdar, İstanbul.

Ferry to Kabataş, İstanbul.

Kadikoy ferry to Eminönü, İstanbul.

Ferry to Usküdar, İstanbul.

  

Ferry to Kadiköy, İstanbul.

Ferry to Kabataş, İstanbul.

Ferry to Kadiköy, Istanbul.

Ferry to Üsküdar, İstanbul.

Ferry to Üskudar, İstanbul.

Üskudar Ferry, İstanbul.

Ferry to Kadiköy, İstanbul.

Ferry to Beşiktaş, İstanbul.

Ferry to Kabataş, İstanbul.

Ferry to Beşiktaş, İstanbul.

Ferry to Karaköy, İstanbul.

Ferry to Eminönu , İstanbul.

Ferry to Eminönü, İstanbul.

Morning ferry to Eminönü, İstanbul.

Ferry to Karaköy, İstanbul.

Ferry to Kabataş, İstanbul.

  

While going on the ferry boat, it takes 10 to 25 minutes to cross to the other side, dependes from where you are coming and to where you are going.   I have to say those minutes are precious and I will miss them a lot when I leave İstanbul.

I am definetly one of those daydreamers on a ferry boat!

Soreya Reyes

www.searchingforemotion.com

STREET LIFE AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Twitter:  @street_photos_

https://www.instagram.com/searchingforemotion/