mertart

I grew up between two worlds: the physical weight of the past and a future that wants everything flattened into a screen.

Works

Line and Light

05 PHOTOGRAPHS
A glass tower forms a sharp corner against clouds, with reflections across its facade; black-and-white photograph.239801
A glass tower with horizontal facade lines rises into a dark sky, photographed from below in black and white.830195
A sharp triangular shadow falls across a panelled double door framed in stone; black-and-white photograph.592380
An outdoor staircase rises between symmetrical railings beneath a night lamp; black-and-white photograph.928051
Reflections and curving patterns repeat around a central polygonal glass opening, photographed looking upward in black and white.305918

Memory of the City

06 PHOTOGRAPHS
Passengers and a Levent destination sign framed by the metal structure of a metro carriage; black-and-white photograph.193825
Pale staircase steps rise into a dark interior; black-and-white photograph.851239
An older building with a curved corner, textured stonework and an arched entrance, photographed from below in black and white.230985
A cobbled slope patterned with tree shadows, older buildings and parked cars; black-and-white photograph.981503
Overlapping pitched tile roofs among trees, with a car at the lower right; black-and-white photograph.512890
Mosque domes and a slender minaret against a cloudy sky; black-and-white photograph.398125

Stone and Space

03 PHOTOGRAPHS
A dark rocky shoreline descends into the sea beneath a wide open sky; black-and-white photograph.820359
A close rough rock face beside the sea and a distant shoreline; vertical black-and-white photograph.159832
A tall rock formation shaped by cavities beneath small clouds; black-and-white photograph.903251

About the work

Knowing the rules gives me room to play with them. In my practice, the structural discipline of black-and-white photography meets the raw energy of abstract expressionism; order begins to test its own limits.