‘Double Portrait is full of the visual variants that raise questions related to ourselves and identities through our own personal archives. Who are we? When do we become who we are? How were we held? And can photographs really tell us?’ – Ahu Antmen, Art Historian
‘Double Portrait is full of the visual variants that raise questions related to ourselves and identities through our own personal archives. Who are we? When do we become who we are? How were we held? And can photographs really tell us?’ – Ahu Antmen, Art Historian
‘Double Portrait is full of the visual variants that raise questions related to ourselves and identities through our own personal archives. Who are we? When do we become who we are? How were we held? And can photographs really tell us?’ – Ahu Antmen, Art Historian
STATEMENT
Double Portrait is a manifestation of togetherness, while paradoxically creating a space to think and cope with the (m)other’s absence. It is a reverie in the form of images and words. A communication of an artistic calling through photography and an archive of a personal journey of fear of loss; the joy of love and birth; and a questioning of the psychological aspect of photography. This hybrid photo-text book was launched with an exhibition of the project at Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul from 17 March – 29 May 2021.
In a culture where images of the mother-child relationship are cliched conspicuously in and outside of the realms of art, popular culture and everyday life, these intimate shots by Cemre Yeşil re-address the cultural, and reach a more raw and natural state of expression. Contemplating the ‘hidden embrace’ as a symbolic gesture for the comforting maternal presence the artist created her own versions of double portraits. Double Portrait shows the complex relationship between mother-child. Double Portrait is a cartography towards the unfolding process of motherhood. A visual response to the unimaginable death of everyone’s mother.
Double Portrait invites the viewer to remember what it means to be held, and experiencing what it means to hold regardless of cultural norms related to gender. The project is the result of nine years of research into a real-time system of observation on the mother-child relationship through different lenses. It speaks of something we all know about emotionally, but can’t articulate all that easily.
AWARDS
Shortlisted in the PHotoESPAÑA 2021 Best Photography Book of the Year Finalist at FELIFA Festival de Libros de Fotos de Autor 2021
EXHIBITIONS
Double Portrait was exhibited in Verzasca Foto Festival 2021 as a photo-performance in 9 acts which turned into a living exhibition in Southern Alps; continued to be performed by the visitors. Double Portrait artist book was presented in the official artist talk program in Paris Photo 2021 Artist Talks organized by The Eyes, and included in the The Best Photography Books of the Year (2021) exhibition by PHotoESPAÑA. The work was a part of the group exhibition titled “What is Your Name When You’re at Home?” (2021) in Penumbra Foundation New York, curated by Sabrina Mandanici, and PHMuseum Days Photography Festival 2021 in Bologna, Italy. Foam Amsterdam presented Double Portrait as a solo exhibition at MAQAM in Amsterdam West in February 2022.
Double Portrait doubled with stories coming from other artists in Amsterdam. The evening before the opening, the artist invited photographers, artists, visual story tellers who worked on, completed or gave up a project that spoke about the complicated relationship we all have with our parents / our children, were gathered in Double Portrait Open Box.
FURTHER LINKS
Foam Talks | Kısmet with Cemre Yesil and Ahmet Polat In de Rauwe Foto’s van Cemre Yeşil Mag de Moeder Juist Wél in Beeld | Edo Dijksterhuis | Het Parool
Double Portrait | Millî Reasürans Sanat Galerisi @ARTtv Double Portrait | @Yolgeçen | Açık Radyo 95.0 Double Portrait | Exhibition Teaser Double Portrait | Installation Teaser Double Portrait | Book Launch Teaser Double Portrait | Night of Photography | Verzasca Photo Festival 2021 Double Portrait | NFT | Open Sea Double Portrait PDF Editions | NFT | Rarible To Picture a Child | Double Portrait | Matt Hanson | Daily Sabah Picture This: Power | Double Portrait | Isaac Huxtable | British Journal of Photography Kayıp ve Kayıt Arasında Duran Bir İlüzyon | Double Portrait | Hüseyin Gökçe | Sanatatak ‘Çifte Portre’lerle Otobiyografik Bir Öykü | Double Portrait | Melike Bayık | Hürriyet Sanat Double Portrait | Bantmag Kripto Sanat Sohbetleri: Cemre Yeşil | Double Portrait | Studio Mercado
Web launched on February 2022
STATEMENT
Double Portrait is a manifestation of togetherness, while paradoxically creating a space to think and cope with the (m)other’s absence. It is a reverie in the form of images and words. A communication of an artistic calling through photography and an archive of a personal journey of fear of loss; the joy of love and birth; and a questioning of the psychological aspect of photography. This hybrid photo-text book was launched with an exhibition of the project at Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul from 17 March – 29 May 2021.
In a culture where images of the mother-child relationship are cliched conspicuously in and outside of the realms of art, popular culture and everyday life, these intimate shots by Cemre Yeşil re-address the cultural, and reach a more raw and natural state of expression. Contemplating the ‘hidden embrace’ as a symbolic gesture for the comforting maternal presence the artist created her own versions of double portraits. Double Portrait shows the complex relationship between mother-child. Double Portrait is a cartography towards the unfolding process of motherhood. A visual response to the unimaginable death of everyone’s mother.
Double Portrait invites the viewer to remember what it means to be held, and experiencing what it means to hold regardless of cultural norms related to gender. The project is the result of nine years of research into a real-time system of observation on the mother-child relationship through different lenses. It speaks of something we all know about emotionally, but can’t articulate all that easily.
AWARDS
Shortlisted in the PHotoESPAÑA 2021 Best Photography Book of the Year Finalist at FELIFA Festival de Libros de Fotos de Autor 2021
EXHIBITIONS
Double Portrait was exhibited in Verzasca Foto Festival 2021 as a photo-performance in 9 acts which turned into a living exhibition in Southern Alps; continued to be performed by the visitors. Double Portrait artist book was presented in the official artist talk program in Paris Photo 2021 Artist Talks organized by The Eyes, and included in the The Best Photography Books of the Year (2021) exhibition by PHotoESPAÑA. The work was a part of the group exhibition titled “What is Your Name When You’re at Home?” (2021) in Penumbra Foundation New York, curated by Sabrina Mandanici, and PHMuseum Days Photography Festival 2021 in Bologna, Italy. Foam Amsterdam presented Double Portrait as a solo exhibition at MAQAM in Amsterdam West in February 2022.
Double Portrait doubled with stories coming from other artists in Amsterdam. The evening before the opening, the artist invited photographers, artists, visual story tellers who worked on, completed or gave up a project that spoke about the complicated relationship we all have with our parents / our children, were gathered in Double Portrait Open Box.
FURTHER LINKS
Foam Talks | Kısmet with Cemre Yesil and Ahmet Polat In de Rauwe Foto’s van Cemre Yeşil Mag de Moeder Juist Wél in Beeld | Edo Dijksterhuis | Het Parool
Double Portrait | Millî Reasürans Sanat Galerisi @ARTtv Double Portrait | @Yolgeçen | Açık Radyo 95.0 Double Portrait | Exhibition Teaser Double Portrait | Installation Teaser Double Portrait | Book Launch Teaser Double Portrait | Night of Photography | Verzasca Photo Festival 2021 Double Portrait | NFT | Open Sea Double Portrait PDF Editions | NFT | Rarible To Picture a Child | Double Portrait | Matt Hanson | Daily Sabah Picture This: Power | Double Portrait | Isaac Huxtable | British Journal of Photography Kayıp ve Kayıt Arasında Duran Bir İlüzyon | Double Portrait | Hüseyin Gökçe | Sanatatak ‘Çifte Portre’lerle Otobiyografik Bir Öykü | Double Portrait | Melike Bayık | Hürriyet Sanat Double Portrait | Bantmag Kripto Sanat Sohbetleri: Cemre Yeşil | Double Portrait | Studio Mercado
Web launched on February 2022
STATEMENT
Double Portrait is a manifestation of togetherness, while paradoxically creating a space to think and cope with the (m)other’s absence. It is a reverie in the form of images and words. A communication of an artistic calling through photography and an archive of a personal journey of fear of loss; the joy of love and birth; and a questioning of the psychological aspect of photography. This hybrid photo-text book was launched with an exhibition of the project at Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul from 17 March – 29 May 2021.
In a culture where images of the mother-child relationship are cliched conspicuously in and outside of the realms of art, popular culture and everyday life, these intimate shots by Cemre Yeşil re-address the cultural, and reach a more raw and natural state of expression. Contemplating the ‘hidden embrace’ as a symbolic gesture for the comforting maternal presence the artist created her own versions of double portraits. Double Portrait shows the complex relationship between mother-child. Double Portrait is a cartography towards the unfolding process of motherhood. A visual response to the unimaginable death of everyone’s mother.
Double Portrait invites the viewer to remember what it means to be held, and experiencing what it means to hold regardless of cultural norms related to gender. The project is the result of nine years of research into a real-time system of observation on the mother-child relationship through different lenses. It speaks of something we all know about emotionally, but can’t articulate all that easily.
AWARDS
Shortlisted in the PHotoESPAÑA 2021 Best Photography Book of the Year Finalist at FELIFA Festival de Libros de Fotos de Autor 2021
EXHIBITIONS
Double Portrait was exhibited in Verzasca Foto Festival 2021 as a photo-performance in 9 acts which turned into a living exhibition in Southern Alps; continued to be performed by the visitors. Double Portrait artist book was presented in the official artist talk program in Paris Photo 2021 Artist Talks organized by The Eyes, and included in the The Best Photography Books of the Year (2021) exhibition by PHotoESPAÑA. The work was a part of the group exhibition titled “What is Your Name When You’re at Home?” (2021) in Penumbra Foundation New York, curated by Sabrina Mandanici, and PHMuseum Days Photography Festival 2021 in Bologna, Italy. Foam Amsterdam presented Double Portrait as a solo exhibition at MAQAM in Amsterdam West in February 2022.
Double Portrait doubled with stories coming from other artists in Amsterdam. The evening before the opening, the artist invited photographers, artists, visual story tellers who worked on, completed or gave up a project that spoke about the complicated relationship we all have with our parents / our children, were gathered in Double Portrait Open Box.
FURTHER LINKS
Foam Talks | Kısmet with Cemre Yesil and Ahmet Polat In de Rauwe Foto’s van Cemre Yeşil Mag de Moeder Juist Wél in Beeld | Edo Dijksterhuis | Het Parool
Double Portrait | Millî Reasürans Sanat Galerisi @ARTtv Double Portrait | @Yolgeçen | Açık Radyo 95.0 Double Portrait | Exhibition Teaser Double Portrait | Installation Teaser Double Portrait | Book Launch Teaser Double Portrait | Night of Photography | Verzasca Photo Festival 2021 Double Portrait | NFT | Open Sea Double Portrait PDF Editions | NFT | Rarible To Picture a Child | Double Portrait | Matt Hanson | Daily Sabah Picture This: Power | Double Portrait | Isaac Huxtable | British Journal of Photography Kayıp ve Kayıt Arasında Duran Bir İlüzyon | Double Portrait | Hüseyin Gökçe | Sanatatak ‘Çifte Portre’lerle Otobiyografik Bir Öykü | Double Portrait | Melike Bayık | Hürriyet Sanat Double Portrait | Bantmag Kripto Sanat Sohbetleri: Cemre Yeşil | Double Portrait | Studio Mercado
Web launched on February 2022