This photo of me is featured in The Year Time Stopped book published by Harper and Collins one of the biggest publisher in the world. I also awarded with the photos in the book as Documentary Photographer of the Year 2022. This award is the first annual award to celebrate a photographer making brave social impact through documentary photography.The first COVID-19 patient in Turkey was diagnosed on March 11. On March 16, places of worship were closed. Since the number of patients has gradually decreased, the mosques opened to worship within the framework of social distancing and hygiene rules. This is Ankara's Kocatepe Mosque. A new normal started after June 1 in Turkey and places of worship opened with the framework of social distance. and I took this photo during the first Friday prayers after months. Mosques were crowded but prayers had to obey social distance and use masks. Muslims are asked to stand side by side and not to leave any gaps in Friday prayers, but it also brought mandatory changes in the new normal form of worship.
F. Dilek Uyar
Edition: 1/1 Size: 3000*2000
About F. Dilek Uyar: Dilek is a highly accomplished travel and documentary photographer from Ankara, Turkey. Dilek is also a lawyer and a skilled sky diver. She took up photography as an escape from the courthouse and life, after she quit sky diving. That spark turned into a fire which led her to be named National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year in 2017. Fighting through challenges that are typical to what women face in male dominated spheres, she has not only made many proud with her accomplishments but has also inspired a whole new generation of female photographers. Dilek, a TEDx speaker, is also a contributing photographer of National Geographic YS and National Geographic Turkey. She teaches photography at Ankara Bilim University in Ankara, Turkey. She is also a jurist for some of the most prestigious photography awards in the world, such as those given by National Geographic. In 2020, she was named IPA Photographer of the Year (Deeper Perspective). In 2021, she was named Best Reportage Photographer of the Year at the 6th 35 Awards. She was also named Sony World Photography Award and was the third-place winner at the HIPA Humanity Awards (Story Telling). As a female photographer, lawyer, and mother from Turkey, she is a big champion of women’s rights and issues and advocates for saying yes to change. Her goal is to increase social awareness and recognition with her stories and to inspire young women in her country and all over the world.
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