-Handed his first camera by his father at the age of 9.

-Member of Izmir Photographic Art Society since 1996. (www.ifod.org)and focused on photograpy as an art form ever since.

-Mainly black and white. 35mm. format and medium format(6X6cm). Have a darkroom with 2 Durst 4X5 enlargers.

-No digital yet. Will think of switching to digital as soon as the conventional full frame sensors appear in the market at reasonable prices. It is now only Nikon and Epson scanners with Photoshop as far as digital goes.