Photography in Days of Pandemic
Ozan Sağdıç, 1934
Mut, 1960s
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, 1960s​

During the Coronavirus house arrest days, I focus on the humor element that my friends say exist in my photographs; I am collating these works for a project.

Let me offer two examples. First one is a Mutlu (Happy) photograph. The reason I say that is because the photograph was taken in Mut (as the “Hap” in Hap-py). This was the result of an instantly evaluated incident during a trip in which I happened to pass through the town of Mut. There is a farrier at the basement of a shoemaker. The farrier created his own ad on the barber's wall. The second photograph is a memento from the May 19th ceremonies that could not take place this year due to the coronavirus. The location is the May 19 Stadium in Ankara. It had rained heavily the day before, and the ground of the stadium is all muddy. Can you observe the determination and discipline of our youth? Due to the choreography involved, all of them are in the mud, without exception.