Ferit Kuyas

The series by Ferit Kuyas that caught my eye was “CITY OF AMBITION,” a series that takes place in Chongqing.    What drew me to this series was the atmosphere.  The images often feature a foggy background.  Apparently it is called the town of fog and is constantly foggy.  I have always been very attracted to images that are shot in the fog.  To me it conveys a timeless emotion that’s almost mystifying.  Ferit Kuyas said “Like most of my work also this project has auto-biographical roots: I got to know the connections and spent quite some time here.[1]”  I can relate to shooting what I am familiar with. I went back to my home town the other day and happened to be there during a magic hour. I shot a lot of photographs and some time-lapse video.

[1] Kuyas, Ferit. "CITY OF AMBITION." gallerybook. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. <feritkuyas.com/city_of_ambition/>.

Biography

Ferit Kuyas (1955) was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He studied architecture and law in
Zurich, Switzerland and graduated 1982 in jurisprudence from the University of Zurich.
1986 he started his career in photography and is working mainly on personal projects
since. His most recent project is City of Ambition – Fast Forward in China, a book with
cityscapes from Chongqing, China.

Kuyas, Ferit. "Biography | Newsletters & Infos." gallerybook. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. <feritkuyas.com/portfolio/info/?page_id=32>.

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Links-
Artist’s Site - http://www.feritkuyas.com/
Reviews -
http://elizabethflemingphotography.blogspot.com/2010/01/ferit-kuyas.html
http://huffphoto.blogspot.com/2010/09/fog-ferit-kuyas.html
Gallery-
http://www.luxphotogallery.com/photographers/-bffe6dba87/