"Istanbul's Photographic Adventurer
By Susanne Fowler
Word Count: 1,694
Likening himself to a Christopher Columbus with a camera, Turkish photographer Ara Güler has traveled the world on his own voyage of discovery, documenting the famous faces and facades of the 20th century. Now 77 years old, Mr. Güler is an often jovial -- occasionally curmudgeonly -- grand old man of Istanbul. A Hemingway-esque photojournalist for publications and agencies including Time, Life, Paris Match, Stern and Magnum, he also captured on film the sparkle and shadows of his hometown, a city whose alluringly gritty atmosphere seems increasingly lost to slick commercialization."
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