Serra Akcan
Women Photograph
Istanbul, Turkey
Serra Akcan works as a freelance photographer in Istanbul and producing documentary projects since 2001. She is co-founder of NarPhotos, an independent photo collective based in Istanbul focusing on visual stories as Urban Transformation, Religious and Ethnic Minorities, Subcultures, Human Rights, Women Rights, Migration, Environmental Issues, Political Movements, Social and Daily Life.
Publications:
Amnesty International, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Focus, GEO Germany, GEO Turkey, Guardian, The Independent, Le Monde, Monocle, National Geographic Turkey, The National, Der Spiegel, Der Tages Spiegel, Time, The Times, Travel+Leisure, Die Zeit
Group Exhibitions
2018 – Eyes On Main Street / States
2017 - Moments from Turkey, NarPhotos / F³-Freiraum für Fotografie, Berlin
2015 – Political Art and Resistance in Turkey , NarPhotos / nGbK, Berlin
2015 – Glazed Time, NarPhotos & 4Plus collaboration
2014 – On The Road – 10 years of Turkey from NarPhotos Archive/ İstanbul Modern
2014 – Mobilizing Memory: Women Witnessing, Women Photographers of the Collective
2013 – Gezi / The Beginning – DEPO
2013- Millon Dollar View – DEPO
2011- NarPhotos Fragments from Istanbul – Turkey Week in France
2009-2010 – We are Insistent on Peace, Women Photographers of the Collective
2007 - Women Through the Eyes of Women, Women Photographers of the Collective
2006 – Merhabarev, Yerevan-Istanbul Patkerphotos&NarPhotos Collaboration / Karşı Sanat
2006 - For Women By Women: Photo Exhibition and Auction, Women Photographers of the Collective
2004 – Turkey at Doorstep of EU
2004 – NarPhotos Reportages - Istanbul International Independent Media Forum