Serkan Günes

Serkan Günes
Photographer Serkan Günes Photo by Moa Günes
Born	16 March 1980
Nationality	Turkish, Swedish
Occupation	Photographer Author Lecturer
Website	www.serkangunes.com

Serkan Günes^[1] (born Mars 16, 1980, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Swedish–Turkish photographer best known for his landscape photographs of nature.

Günes was born in Istanbul, Turkey and later emigrated to Sweden at the age of 20. He now lives in Swedish Lapland.

According to Maria Ågren, Director General at Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Günes "possesses a masters ability to capture the beauty in everyday landscapes, as well as the obvious beauty in the exotic landscapes".^[2] Günes works mainly in Scandinavia but also in many different parts of the world including the Arctic, Europe, Africa and Asia. His photographs are published in photo magazines in Europe and Asia.

Serkan Günes is a member of The Association of Swedish Professional Photographers.^[3]

Photographic and artistic philosophy

Günes' approach to nature photography combines elements of documentary photography and, mainly, art photography. Serkan Günes early influences was traditional landscape photographers, such as Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter. Nowadays he lists all "good pictures" as inspirational, as he says.

Bibliography

Stockholm – Sjön, Skogen & Skärgården^[4] (2010), Balkong Förlag, ISBN 978-91-85581-36-8

I huvudet på fotografen Serkan^[5] (2013), DEXT Förlag, ISBN 978-91-86841-58-4

Awards

2006 – Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Eric Hosking Award, by the Natural History Museum in London and BBC Wildlife Magazine
2010 – Nature Photographer of the Year 2009, by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Exhibitions

2016 - "Mitt Tyresta", Tyresta National Park Information Centre, Stockholm
2015 - "Årstider", Wilderness fair, Stockholm
2014 - "Vildmark", Wilderness fair, Stockholm
2013 – “Bruno Liljefors och naturfotograferna", Waldermarsudde, Stockholm
2012 – “Ljus, ljus och åter ljus”, Bollmoradalens kyrka, Church of Sweden, Stockholm
2011 – “Chasing the Light”, The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
2008 – “Mitt Afrika”, Photo fair, Stockholm
2008 – “Nordiskt ljus”, Wilderness fair, Stockholm
2006 – “Wildlife Photographer of the Year”, Natural History Museum,^[6] London

References

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