The TMO building in Istanbul, has been one of the biggest dry food exchange and transportation places in Turkey, up until 2004, when it was abandoned. With 9 floors and 90 silos going from top floor to the warehouses below the building. Since it was abandoned, it has been a very scary place with broken windows, big deep holes and dark atmosphere. Homeless people used it as shelter in winter and even some dark rituals were held in it.

I took the photograph while I was producing an episode for a tv documentary series, for the main stream tv channel in Turkey, TRT2. Documentary was called "Bir Kare Bir Anlam" (roughly translated: A frame, a concept) and the my episode was about dying. So it was the perfect place, as a building left to die.

The photograph on the floor was broken and our director decided to use it as a prop in the episode. While we were on a break, I turned my head and saw this frame. A member from the crew was watching outside, from the 7th floor we were on, and the picture was placed there to be used.

Taken w/ Fuji XPro2 XF8-16mmF2.8 R LM WR lens on August 30, 2021 6000x4000 px

Info about the photographer: Hakan Biyiklioglu is a photography artist from Istanbul, Turkey. He started photography when he was 19 years old with his father’s Yashica camera. He chases for unusual moments and angles in ordinary city spots and streets, he makes use of wide spaces, minimized objects, and people, mixed with a feeling of serenity. Geometry, silhouettes, and shadows are mostly in play as well as long exposures. Traveling to rural parts, iconic cities, chatting with people before photographing them are essential parts of his photography adventure.

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