We are so used to seeing photography by the well-known American or European photographers that it is a joy to see this exhibition of photographs by one of Turkey’s greatest modern photographers Ara Güler, (1928-2018).  Not only did he photograph many of the key people of his generation, but also recorded the cities and countryside of Turkey, providing a unique record of those days, not long past, like those wonderful photographs of cities such as Glasgow and Manchester in the 1950′s.  It may have only been 50 years ago, but it was another era…..

This exhibition, sponsored by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, brings Ara Güler’s work to London and reminds us how Turkey, at the crossroads of East and West Europe, has its own modern and contemporary art history that deserves to be shown and understood more.…