Yıldız Moran (; 24 July 1932 – 15 April 1995) was a Turkish photographer who was active from 1950 to 1962. Her work has posthumously been shown in solo exhibitions at

Pera Museum Pera Museum ( Turkish: ''Pera Müzesi'') is an art museum in the Tepebaşı quarter of the Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey, at Meşrutiyet Avenue No. 65 (adjacent to İstiklal Avenue and in close proximity to Taksim Square.) It has ...

and at İstanbul Modern in Istanbul, and is held in the collection of the latter.

Life and work

Moran attended

Robert College The American Robert College of Istanbul ( tr, İstanbul Özel Amerikan Robert Lisesi or ), often shortened to Robert, or RC, is a Selective school, highly selective, Independent school, independent, mixed-sex education, co-educational Secondary ...

in Istanbul, leaving in her senior year. Following the advice of her uncle, art historian , she then moved to the UK and studied photography at Bloomsbury Technical College in London, and later at Ealing Technical College. She was active as a photographer from 1950 to 1962, when she gave up photography for lexicography. Moran married poet

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in 1963 and had three children in four years.

Publications

*''Fotoğrafcı''. Istanbul: Adam, 1998. . Exhibition catalogue. *''Yıldız Moran: Zamansız Fotoğraflar / Timeless Photographs''. Istanbul:

, 2013. . Exhibition catalogue. Text in Turkish and English. *''Yıldız Moran''. Eczacıbaşı Photographers Series. Istanbul: Eczacıbaşi, 2017. Edited by Merih Akoğul. . A retrospective. Text in Turkish and English.

Exhibitions

*''Timeless Photographs'',

, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013/14 *''Yıldız Moran: A Mountain Tale'', İstanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019

Collections

Moran's work is held in the following permanent collection: * İstanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey

References

External links

* 1995 deaths 20th-century women photographers Turkish women photographers Photographers from Istanbul 1932 births {{Turkey-artist-stub