Sadri Alisik Sokak No:25/5 Beyoglu 34433
Istanbul/
Turkey
- Arts
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
The main objective of GAPO is to promote photographers from Turkey, help them to get to known
internationally by organizing exhibitions, publishing books, contributing editorially to magazines and websites with the collaborations of national and international institutions.
Secondly GAPO gives consultancy to photographers on editing, design, curation of their photographs for exhibitions, books, and their ongoing projects; searches scholarships and residencies for them.
One other service of GAPO is to produce special photography projects and establishing a photography collection for the companies or associations with existing photographs of photographers or based on producing new photographs.
Genis Aci Photography Magazine was dealing with the cultural and artistic aspects of photography in the world and specifically in Turkey, likewise GAPO is working on projects like creating a database of photography in Turkey, and organizing a contemporary photography exhibition which will be shown abroad.
GAPO is organizing workshops (for example on personal vision enhancement and project development) for photographers to help their personal development.
GAPO holds a project 'Young Talents in Turkish Photography'; open to all photographers under 30 that are willing to submit a thematic portfolio of their own. Selected portfolios of the Young Talents meet with public in a special bilingual (Turkish/English) magazine as well as a traveling exhibition. Last year a selection presented in National Center of Photography of Russian Federation. This year 4th edition of this project happened, a special magazine was published and a traveling exhibition is on touruntil the summer of 2008.