Born in 1961, Tuna Angel is a photographer from Istanbul, Turkey. She takes candid street photographs with flash in snap focus to capture the instant feelings and gestures of people on the streets with no pre-posed appearances and expressions and no set-up scene. She prefers to use flash to emphasize feelings and mimics.
She has participated various exhibitions worldwide; in Istanbul, New York, London, Kyoto, Milan, Sevilla, Milan, Frankfurt, Argentina, Australia. and acted as a jury and an administrator in a number of prominent photography groups and had interviews with photography magazines and groups in various platforms.
Awards:
- Finalist in “Women Street Photographers – Leica Women Photo Project Grants”-2024
- Awarded and Published Photographer by 1x.com
Exhibitions:
- Women Street Photographers NYC Annual Exhibition New York – 2024
- The Street Soup International Exhibition Milan- 2024
- Sepharad Traces of a Multicultural Heritage Frankfurt – 2023
- A Wall of Women – Unexposed at Ballarat Biennale 2023 Australia-2023
- Luz, Cámara… Eternidad Argentina – 2022
- Progresfestival – Solitudes Milan-2022
- “In the Footsteps of a Multicultural Heritage” Collective Exhibition by Turkish Sephardic Artists in Seville – 2022
- Water And Light Project 10 10 10 Days In A City – “TEN PHOTOGRAPHS, TEN PHOTOGRAPHERS, TEN CITIES” KTOTOGRAPHIE -International Photography Festival Kyoto – 2021
- Sepharad Traces of Multicultural Heritage Amsterdam – 2021
- ÇOFSAT “Saklı Kalan” Istanbul- 2020
- ÇOFSAT “Bağlantılar” Istanbul and Afyon – 2019
- Bountiful Empire & Magnificent Spice Bazaar London – 2019
- EFSED “Kalbimizin Sultanları” Edirne – 2019
- FOCUS Group “Hayatin İçinde Kapilar” Istanbul, 2018
- EFSED “Benim Annem Bir Melek” Edirne – 2018
- FOCUS Group “Tipki Sizin Gibiyiz +1 Farkla” Istanbul – 2016
Publications:
- Eye Photo Magazine – The Gallery Selections – Volume 18
- Adaların Tanrıya Açılan Kapıları – A book project related to the photographs of the religious temples in the Princess Islands, Istanbul
- ProgressivE-zine – Issue #33 – Turkish Photographers -Tuna Angel
Other activities:
- Curator at Instagram: ricoh_gr_women
- “Interview with Tuna Angel”- Inspired Eye Magazine – Issue LXIX
