{"id":785274,"date":"2026-09-28T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785274\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:46:13","slug":"discover-3-generations-96-years-of-visual-legacy-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785274\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover 3 generations, 96 years of visual legacy in Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Istanbul exhibition brings together nearly a century of travel photography by three generations of the Erbak family, tracing a shared passion for discovery across different eras and continents.<\/p>\n

Titled \u201cFar Corners, Generations, Perspectives\u201d (“Uzaklar, Ku\u015faklar, Bak\u0131\u015flar”), the exhibition will run from Sept. 26 to Oct. 11 at Akaretler No:5, featuring photographs by Nuri Z. Erbak, Mehmet H. Erbak and Ceylin Erbak Aytekin.<\/p>\n

Passion for discovery<\/p>\n

The collection spans 96 years, offering glimpses of the world through the eyes of three generations whose journeys began in Bursa and extended to distant corners of the globe.<\/p>\n

The story begins in the 1930s with Nuri Z. Erbak, whose travels from Egypt to Venezuela, Tanzania to Hawaii and Hong Kong to Japan reflect a desire to explore the world at a time when travel was far less accessible. This legacy expands through Mehmet H. Erbak\u2019s journeys across the Trans-Siberian Railway, remote corners of India and China, Tibet and Antarctica. In Ceylin Erbak Aytekin\u2019s travels spanning all seven continents, the same passion for discovery continues through a contemporary visual language.<\/p>\n


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\n Mehmet H. Erbak (L) and Ceylin Erbak Aytekin poses together with their cameras. (Photo courtesy of Derya Ta\u015fba\u015f\u0131) <\/p>\n

For Aytekin, the collection reflects more than the places her family visited. It offers a glimpse into how each generation observed the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look at the photos my grandfather took in the 1930s, I see what he chose to look at rather than just the places he visited,\u201d she said. \u201cThe true legacy passed down through three generations isn’t a camera, but an innate curiosity to discover the unseen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing the exhibition as more than a family album, Aytekin said it brings together three generations who pursued the same curiosity across different periods and geographies.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps what is truly handed down between generations is not the photographs themselves, but our art of observing life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


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\n A view captured by Ceylin Erbak Aytekin, Bhutan, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Derya Ta\u015fba\u015f\u0131) <\/p>\n

Photography, memory, heritage<\/p>\n

A panel discussion accompanying the exhibition will take place Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. at the Pera Museum, bringing together Haldun Dosto\u011flu, Nevzat Say\u0131n, Mehmet H. Erbak and Ceylin Erbak Aytekin.<\/p>\n

The discussion will examine how photography becomes part of a family\u2019s heritage and how personal travel memories evolve into visual records of different eras and ways of life.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is open to visitors through Oct. 11 at Akaretler No:5 in Istanbul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Istanbul exhibition brings together nearly a century of travel photography by three generations of the Erbak family,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,8798,6487,387,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-785274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibition","tag-photography","tag-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}