Nuri Bilge Ceylan  is widely recognised as one of the finest and most distinctive writer-directors to have emerged on to the international filmmaking scene in the last decade; he has won important prizes at numerous festivals, including major awards in Cannes for both Uzak (Distant) and Iklimer (Climates).

That Ceylan also takes photos should, perhaps, come as no surprise, since both those films include scenes of photographers at work; moreover, all his films – most of them shot by Ceylan himself – are notable for their visual precision, poetic eloquence and limpid beauty.

http://www.nuribilgeceylan.com

And his photos;

For my Father (2006-2008)    (24 photographs)

Turkey Cinemascope  (2003-2009)  (just 20 of the 100 photographs are shown here)

Early Photographs  (1982-1989)     (24 photographs)