Poster for the Nudes of Istanbul exhibition at Uxval Gochez Gallery, Barcelona, 20 November to 4 December 2026

Collective photography exhibition · Barcelona

Nudes of Istanbul

  • Uxval Gochez Gallery
    Carrer de Sicília 382, 08025 Barcelona
  • Opening: Friday 20 November, 19:30 · Free admission
  • Book presentation: Saturday 21 November, 12:00
  • LOOP City Screen: screening of the documentary Nudes of Istanbul: The Body and the Room by Meryem Aydın · 20 and 21 November
  • Hours: Monday to Friday, 11:00 to 14:00 · Other times by appointment
  • 14 photographers and 3 model-authors from Istanbul · Curated by Burak Bulut Yıldırım

About the exhibition Press kit

Berlin · Fine Art Photography

Burak Bulut Yıldırım

For more than two decades, I have photographed the body through light, time, and material.

My work returns to the moment a body begins to dissolve into what surrounds it, whether a room, a landscape, light, or movement, and to the inner states it carries: emptiness, melancholy, desire.

The image begins in front of the camera: with a body, a surface, a source of light, and the time required for them to meet. Digital tools belong to the final stage; the photograph comes from a physical encounter.

Bio & Statement · CV · Editions · Texts & Press

Projects

Chimera, a body distorted by bent mirrors

Chimera

Bent mirrors multiply, fracture, and reform the body. Includes Dysmorphia.
UnNude, sculptural figure study

UnNude

The body read as architecture: skin as line, fold as volume.
Lucida, body glowing under ultraviolet light

Lucida

Under ultraviolet light, the body becomes its own source of light.
Ecotone, figure among foliage by water

Ecotone

The body returning to nature, until skin and landscape become one.
Antemortem, figure in a dim interior

Antemortem

Between life and death: bodies still present, already leaving.
Melancholia, figure leaning on a piano

Melancholia

Melancholy as a weight, carried in a bowed head and leaning body.
Niche, figure on a red velvet sofa

Niche

Alone in a room, a body dissolves into its emptiness.
Motus, figure captured in motion

Motus

Movement and time turned into space, the body dissolving inside it.
Elsewhere, figure in a pastel alley

Elsewhere

An unclothed body in public space, simply existing among others.
In Haste, ballet dancer in the streets of Istanbul

In Haste

Ballerinas dance for a moment on Istanbul's streets, watched by passersby.
Crave, silhouetted embracing figures in smoke

Crave

Desire as appetite: heat, touch, taste, and a gaze that looks back.
Stills, dancers responding to a photograph of an everyday object

Stills

Five dancers answer the same everyday object, each in a different way.

Curatorial Projects

Group exhibitions and collective projects developed alongside the personal practice, bringing Istanbul-based photographers onto international platforms.

Nudes of Istanbul, collective photography exhibition curated by Burak Bulut Yıldırım
2026 · Berlin, Barcelona

Nudes of Istanbul

Die Akt Galerie, Berlin, July 2026. Uxval Gochez Gallery, Barcelona, 20 November to 4 December 2026. 14 photographers and 3 model-authors from Istanbul. Sole curator.
LandsNude exhibition
2015

LandsNude

Artcore Gallery, Thessaloniki. 8 photographers. Curator & participant.
  • Berlin-based photographer and curator, working since 2005
  • Sony Europe Imaging Ambassador since 2018
  • Member, German Portrait Photography Society (BPP)
  • Member, Royal Photographic Society (RPS)
  • Holder, International Artist Card, IGBK
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