Ismail Necmi
Ismail Necmi is a Turkish independent photographer and filmmaker.
Life and career
Necmi was born in Turkey in 1970 and graduated from the Law Faculty of Istanbul University. From 1988 to 1992, he worked on a number of feature films, TV series, shorts and photo shoots. From 1993 to 2004, he worked as an editor and video graphic designer for ARD German TV Studio in Istanbul. During that time, Necmi developed two major independent projects; 'Transformation' (2001), a solo black and white photography exhibition in Dulcinea Istanbul, and 'The image is YOU!', a black and white interactive photography project launched in 2002. Between 2006 and 2007, he worked as an instructor in Visual Communication Design and Photography and Video at Istanbul Bilgi University. In 2005, he started his own production company, IN Works Istanbul. In February 2008, he finished his début real-life feature film, Should I Really Do It, which he produced and directed.
Style
Necmi's work explores different aspects of "the real", blurring the margins between art, life and fantasy. In recent projects, Necmi has chosen not to work with actors, but rather real people, drawing his aesthetic inspiration from the ambiguities and complexities of their daily life. The resulting works are edgy and surreal, attempting to bring to the screen the varied fantasies which people weave through their everyday lives; life-becoming-art, art-becoming-life. From his earliest work in black and white photography to his current work in film, Necmi's craft is characterised by its meticulous attention to visual composition.
Filmography
- Bunu Gerçekten Yapmalı Mıyım (Should I Really Do It) (2008)
External links
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