Akif hakan celebi biography for kids
Akif Hakan is an American photographer of Turkish origin.
Armed with a love of director Wong Kar Wai and a flair for improvisation, we're lucky this Turkish/American photographer decided to make Hong Kong his home....
He started out with photography as a hobby, but studied other areas (TV production) instead as he was too impatient for the film to be developed and printed to see the results. Working in the TV industry, he saw cameras move to digital and decided to get back into it due to the immediacy of it, and the fact that each shot was not really costing you.
After getting his photography up to a certain standard he decided he was doing just as well as the magazine photos so decided to try and become a professional.
I have the impression that he does do paid commercial work, though I can't find any reference to who he shoots for - however it seems to currently be in and around Hong Kong.
Hakan states on the front page of his website that he is "Striving to go beyond established styles and widen the boundaries of photographic expression." (website: www.hakanphotography.com).
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