Ara Guler (born August 16, 1928 in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish Armenian photojournalist, nicknamed “the Eye of Istanbul” or “the Photographer of Istanbul”. He began his journalistic career in 1950 on the Yeni Istanbul newspaper while still a student at the Faculty of Economics. On completing his military service he began work on the Hayat magazine, where he was employed until 1961 as head of the photographic department. When Time-Life opened an office in Turkey, Ara Guler was engaged as correspondent for the Near East. This was followed by his employment as Near East photographic reporter for Paris-Match and Der Stern. It was during this period that he made the acquaintance of Henri Cartier-Bresson and joined the Paris Magnum Agency. In 1961 he was selected by the English publication Photography Annual as one of the seven best photographers in the world, and in the same year he was accepted as the sole Turkish member of ASMP (American Society of Magazine Photographers).
In 1962 he was awarded the title Master of Leica, an honour accorded to very few photographers. In 1975 he was invited to the United States, where he took photographs of a number of famous Americans, and an exhibition entitled Creative Americans composed of photographs taken during this trip was opened in several large cities throughout the world. About the same time, Ara Guler interviewed and took photographs of various famous personalities from Bertrand Russel to Winston Churchill, Arnold Toynbee to Picasso and Salvador Dali.
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
Photojournalist Ara Guler
