Photography enthusiasts meet in Be?ikta?

The 2nd Foto?stanbul Be?ikta? International Photography Festival is being organized under the theme ?The Lives of Others.? Exhibitions by Ara Güler and Robert Frank are among the festival?s attractionsTurkey?s most comprehensive photography display, the 2nd Foto?stanbul Be?ikta? International Photography Festival, opened on Oct. 9.

The festival, which will take place at Be?ikta? Barbaros Square, Be?ikta? Democracy Park, Ortaköy Orphanage and Ortaköy Culture Center, will bring nearly 60 artists from the U.S., Asia, Europe and Turkey through Nov. 8. 

Nearly 20 world-known photographers including Joseph Koudelka, Anders Petersen, Atta Kim and Stanley Greene will be guests of this year?s festival, in addition to twenty-five Turkish names, including S?tk? Kösemen, Haluk Çobano?lu, Laleper Aytek, Kür?at Bayhan, Meltem I??k and Cemre Ye?il. 

Robert Frank is one of the pre-eminent figures of 20th century photography whose work had a significant influence on photographers of his own and subsequent generations. With his method of sequencing and composing pictures to intuitive series expanding beyond the traditional photographic essay, he developed a new way of expression within the medium.

Foto?stanbul will pay tribute to the life and work of this revolutionary figure of subjective documentary photography with a show presenting an extraordinary selection of his photographs, books, and films, entitled, ?Robert Frank: Books and Films 1947?2015.? In addition to Frank?s photobook narratives, the exhibition will also feature his film narratives, presented in digital format.

Photo by Armenian-American photographer Diana Markosian. 
The lives of ?Others? 

The theme of this year?s festival is ?The Lives of Others....