Come and See Istanbul project is a social responsibility project that set out to convey the aesthetic and artistic side of Istanbul with photographs. Radio, Television, and Cinema Department 3rd and 4th-grade students and faculty members of the department. It is aimed to present an impressive and aesthetic panorama of the city.
The photographs in the exhibition will be shared with the Contemporary Life Support Association at the end of the exhibition. There are more than 70 photographs in the project, which was prepared with the aim of selling the photographs and using the revenues for the educational needs of girls.
Another work in the exhibition, the Istanbul promotional video of Atakan Berkay Güler, a 4th-year student at the Radio, Television, and Cinema department, can be watched online.
The Come and See Istanbul project, it is aimed to reveal the unseen places of Istanbul, unite the attention and work of students in a project focus, and create an important sharing area by contributing to the education of girls.
Project Coordinator asst. Prof. Dr. Radife Akyıldız Ongar invited everyone to the exhibition and stated that she was happy and proud of the realization of the project:
“It is pleasing that the project, which we started to work on in September 2020, was completed at the end of the six-month working period. In this project, we tried to see Istanbul through the eyes of young people. We had to choose from many photos. I would like to thank all of our 3rd and 4th-grade students who contributed to the project, and I am proud of every one of them. Working under the conditions allowed by the pandemic period, they created original works. My students, who work devotedly and realize film studies, also have a special place. We are honored by their painstaking and valuable work. I hope they continue this sensitivity in their future work. I embrace them all with love.”
The exhibition, which consists of two separate halls, can be visited until 13 March 2021 on the digital exhibition platform ArtStep.
