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Tuna Angel is a street photographer based in Istanbul, known for her spontaneous, flash-lit portraits captured with instant focus. Her work emphasizes raw emotion and unguarded gestures, free from posed compositions or staged scenes. By using flash, she accentuates subtle expressions and the emotional intensity of her subjects, seizing fleeting moments with immediacy and depth.
Her photographs have been exhibited internationally in cities such as Istanbul, New York, London, Kyoto, Milan, Seville, Frankfurt, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Mexico City, and Sydney. She has served as a judge, administrator, and curator for renowned photography groups and has been interviewed and featured across multiple platforms.
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Tuna views photography as a powerful medium for personal expression—an art form that captures transcendent aesthetics and visceral sensations at the exact moment of their emergence. She values the photographer’s role as a chronicler of their time, presenting a visual narrative of emotions, political currents, and lifestyles, with the aim of informing and inspiring future generations.
