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 and at

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in Istanbul, and is held in the collection of the latter.

Life and work

Moran attended

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

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. Moran married poet Özdemir Asaf in 1963 and had three children in four years.

Publications

*''Fotoğrafcı''. Istanbul: Adam, 1998. . Exhibition catalogue. *''Yıldız Moran: Zamansız Fotoğraflar / Timeless Photographs''. Istanbul: Pera Museum, 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'', Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013/14 *''Yıldız Moran: A Mountain Tale'',

, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019

Collections

Moran's work is held in the following permanent collection: *

, Istanbul, Turkey

References

External links

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