Biography
Photographer Attila Durak was born in Gümüşhane in 1967. He became interested in photography during his university years. After graduating from the Middle East Technical University, Department of Economics, he continued his photography work while also working for NCR and Leo Burnett in Istanbul, and later managed the 'Eylül Jazz Club'. In 1997, he moved to New York and attended the New York International Center of Photography, School of Visual Arts – Photography Department, and New York Hunter College – Fine Arts Department. His portfolio consists of social documentary photographs taken in Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Hungary, England, Canada, America, Peru, and Turkey, as well as experimental works primarily using alternative photography and printing techniques.
