I’ve made no secret about the fact that Istanbul is one of my favorite cities. It breathes, sighs, laughs and cries history. Cultures and eras live and play side-by-side. Which makes it –the city, that is– all the more appealing as a photographic subject, a massive sprawling canvas with no beginning and no end. As such, there’s no particular theme at play here, just a selection of images from the Istanbul streets snapped with my mobile phone as I was out and about on Saturday afternoon, 23 April 2016.
More specifically, in the sprawling city’s Fatih and Eminonu districts. The photo at top is in front of one of the city’s ubiquitous money change shops. Immediately after I took this, the woman slowed slightly, looked towards me and smiled. Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture of that, but I did smile back.
Photographically, some work better than others. Considering the limitations of my Samsung S4, a few I like a lot while others serve simply as memories. My apologies in advance if that indulgence crosses any lines.
In case you missed it, here’s another brief photo stroll, cleverly entitled 40 Minutes on Akdeniz Caddesi, a street that’s also located in Fatih, shot the day before this.
Enjoy the stroll!
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And for the record: the lead photo serves as today’s Pic du Jour, the site’s 1,140th straight.
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Lovely photoset Bob. Istanbul is one of our favourite cities too and your reasons echo with us! 🙂
Thanks for bringing back these memories of Istanbul. What a fantastic city. And that food! I thought the ruling party was downgrading Ataturk – he certainly was everywhere when we visited in 2013. Even saw a statue of him in top hat and tails. I hope the political situation improves.
I visited there in 2012 and 2016 and didn’t see a demonstrable difference with the number of Ataturk references and images. Not sure how that’s changed over the past ten months.
I first fell in love with Orhan Pamuk’s “Istanbul” and then became enamored of its people when I read his novels. Your photos serve to move Istanbul farther up the bucket list. Very tantalizing.
I’m generally a big fan of Pamuk’s writing but had a difficult time finishing ‘Istanbul’; its overarching melancholy forced me to set it aside. I promised myself that I’d pick up again a few weeks prior to my next visit there. 🙂