Ali Taptik for the book is a medium for reflection and research texts, clippings, excerpts from notes taken on the internet, contact sheet, e-mail, etc., the world is facing, settled, sorted in a back and forth continuously between the intimate and the public, between community and conscience.
Ali Taptik Born in 1983 in Istanbul where he lives. Graduated in architecture, it is self-taught in photography. During the days of photographic Istanbul is acknowledged "young talent of the Turkish photography. Noticed by the workshop first hand in 2004 at the Rencontres d’Arles, he was invited home to Marseille in 2005. The work done during the residency confirms his talent and maturity. Ali Taptik book work and vision led to the city to its roots.