Ahmet Ertuğ (born 1949) is a fine art photographer and

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based in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. He was trained as an architect at the

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in London, from where he graduated in 1974. He specializes in large format photography of architectural and archaeological edifices of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods in the

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. With Ahmet Kocabıyık he founded Ertuğ & Kocabıyık: Publishers of Fine Art Books. Ahmet Ertuğ's photographs were published in a series of 25 volumes. In 2009 Ahmet Ertuğ photographed 30 historical libraries in Europe. He developed the volume ''Temples of Knowledge: Libraries of the Western World'' from these photographs. His latest photographic project documenting the architecture of grand opera houses has been published under the title ''Palaces of Music: Opera Houses of Europe'' in December 2010, text written by Michael Forsyth.
In 2012 the tome ''Gods of Nemrud: The Royal Sanctuary of Antiochos & the Kingdom of Commagene'' followed. It deals with the archaeological material from

Commagene Commagene ( grc-gre, Κομμαγηνή) was an ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom ruled by a Hellenized branch of the Iranian Orontid dynasty that had ruled over Armenia. The kingdom was located in and around the ancient city of Samosata, which ...

of the first century BC connected to the local kingdom of Antiochus I. Text contributed by R.R.R. Smith. He uses large format camera equipment and 20 x 25 cm film material, also high resolution digital camera backs in specific locations. All

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volumes are printed and bound manually in Italy and Switzerland. All books of Ahmet Ertuğ have been published in

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and larger formats.

Selected works

* ''Silks for the Sultans: Ottoman Imperial Garments from Topkapi Palace'' (1996) * ''

Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia ( 'Holy Wisdom'; ; ; ), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque ( tr, Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The cathedral was originally built as a Greek Ortho ...

: A Vision for Empires''; text by

Cyril Mango Cyril Alexander Mango (14 April 1928 – 8 February 2021) was a British scholar of the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire. He is celebrated as one of the leading Byzantinists of the 20th century. Mango was Koraes Professor ...

(1997) * ''Gardens of Paradise:16th Century Turkish Ceramic Tile Decoration''; text by Walter Denny (1997) * ''

Sinan Sinan (Arabic: سنان ''sinān'') is a name found in Arabic and Early Arabic, meaning ''spearhead''. The name may also be related to the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was used as a male given name. Etymology The word is possibly stems from th ...

: an Architectural Genius''; text by Doğan Kuban (1999) * ''Anatolian Carpets: Masterpieces from the

Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum ( tr, ) is a museum located in Sultanahmet Square in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Constructed in 1524, the building was formerly the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, who was the second grand vizier to ...

, Istanbul''; text by Walter Denny & Nacan Olcer (1999) * ''Chora: The Scrolls of Heaven''; text by Cyril Mango (2000) * ''Sculptured for Eternity: Treasures of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Art from the

Istanbul Archaeological Museum The Istanbul Archaeology Museums ( tr, ) are a group of three archaeological museums located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, near Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace. The Istanbul Archaeology Museums consists of three museums: #Ar ...

''; text by R.R.R. Smith (2001) * ''Spirituel Journey: Sacred Art From

Musée Guimet The Guimet Museum (full name in french: Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet; MNAAG; ) is an art museum located at 6, place d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the Nationa ...

''; texts written by the curators of the museum (2004) * ''Sacred Art of

Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Re ...

: Byzantine murals from the 6th to 13th Centuries''; text by Catherine-Jolivet Levy (2006) * ''

Ephesos Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built i ...

: Architecture, Monuments and Sculpture''; text written by members of the Archaeological Institute of Austria (2007) * ''

Aphrodisias Aphrodisias (; grc, Ἀφροδισιάς, Aphrodisiás) was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Anatolia, Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about east/inland from the ...

: Roman Asian Architecture, Monuments and Sculpture''; text by R.R.R.Smith, director of excavations in Aphrodisias (2008) * ''Temples of Knowledge: Libraries of the Western World''; text by Friedrich Krizinger (2009) * ''Palaces of Music; Opera Houses of Europe''; texts by Michael Forsyth and Rolf Sachsse *''Gods of Nemrud: The Royal Sanctuary of Antiochos & the Kingdom of Commagene''; text by R.R.R. Smith

Permanent exhibitions

Ahmet Ertuğ's Hagia Sophia photographs can be viewed in the upper northern gallery of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul as a permanent exhibition.Index of Ahmet Ertuğ'
exhibitions.
The Ephesos Museum, located in the

Hofburg Palace The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty. Located in the centre of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century and expanded several times afterwards. It also served as the imperial winter residence, as Schönbru ...

in Vienna, Austria, also permanently displays his works on the subject Information about the Ephesus exhibition
Kunsthistorisches Museum
, Vienna 2009

References

External links

Website of Ahmet Ertuğ
with picture galleries
Ahmet Ertuğ's books in the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA

Ahmet Ertuğ's books in the British Library, London, United Kingdom

Video clips about Ahmet Ertuğ and his work
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ertug, Ahmet Photographers from Istanbul 1949 births Living people Fine art photographers