Berlin · Fine Art Photography

Burak Bulut Yıldırım

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

The image begins in the room: 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 in front of the camera.

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Projects

Chimera — distorted form through damaged mirror

Chimera

Mirrored, fractured, reformed. Includes sub-series Dysmorphia.
UnNude — sculptural figure study

UnNude

The body as sculptural geometry.
Lucida — body under ultraviolet light

Lucida

Under blacklight, the body becomes flare.
Ecotone — figure among foliage by water

Ecotone

Where skin meets soil. Includes sub-series Only You Are Close, When Everything Is Far Away.
Antemortem — figure in dim interior

Antemortem

The body before it slips into silence.
Melancholia — figure leaning on piano

Melancholia

Not a shout, a lingering. Breath held too long.
Niche — figure on red velvet sofa

Niche

Tender withdrawal, where silence echoes in fabric and breath.
Motus — figure captured in motion

Motus

The body in duration, not in the frozen instant.
Elsewhere — figure in pastel alley

Elsewhere

The body through city shadows. Unnoticed, unstilled.
In Haste — ballet dancer in urban architecture

In Haste

Dancers pass through the city. The body as fleeting architecture.
Crave — silhouetted embracing figures in smoke

Crave

Desire speaks in colour, between heat and hunger.
Stills — dancers in improvisational response to objects

Stills

Everyday objects, improvised bodies. The trace of a felt encounter.

Curatorial Projects

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

The Nudes of Istanbul exhibition
Upcoming · July 2026

The Nudes of Istanbul

Die Akt Galerie, Berlin. 14 photographers 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, 2018–2026
  • Member, German Portrait Photography Society (BPP)
  • Holder, International Artist Card, IGBK
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