Nilüfer Demir
Nilüfer Demir | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
| Nationality | Turkey |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, photojournalist |
Nilüfer Demir (born 1986) is a Turkish photojournalist and photographer based in Bodrum, Turkey. She worked with Doğan News Agency[1] since she was a teenager.[2] She covered the European migrant crisis during the summer of 2015 and her photographs of Alan Kurdi became world news on 2 September 2015. She came across the body of Kurdi on the beach and took a number of photos.[2]
Photo of dead toddler seen from behind
She said that she felt "petrified" upon seeing the corpse of the toddler. Then she took the pictures to share her feelings.[4][5]
Demir's photograph of Kurdi has been compared with iconic photos that changed the world.[6] Her photograph accompanied by hashtag "KiyiyaVuranInsanlik" (English: humanity washed ashore) became the top trending topic on Twitter.[7] In March 2016 her photograph was the subject of a Dutch documentary about iconic photos, and specifically why this photo was not selected for the World Press Photo, though it had resulted in many different reactions across Europe that changed the attitude of many people about the European migrant crisis.[8] The winning World Press photo of 2015 showed a child migrant that successfully crossed into Europe and thus communicated hope rather than despair.[8]
Photo of dead toddler seen from the side
Demir took a series of photos, though it was the one initially retweeted on Twitter that is considered to have had the most international impact.[9] Other news agencies decided to select other photos of the same dead toddler with a rescue worker in the image, such as Time Magazine which selected Demir's photo of the boy seen from the side with an aid worker approaching from the right.[10]
This photo, which partially shows the child's face, was re-used later in March 2016 by graffiti artists in Germany to make an artistic political statement across from the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) titled "Europa tot - Der Tod und das Geld", following a similar political artwork by Chinese artist Ai WeiWei in January.[11][12]
References
- ^ van Ast, Maarten (3 September 2015). "Fotografe over peuter Aylan: Ik versteende helemaal" (in Dutch). Ad.nl. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b Giggs, Brandon (3 September 2015). "Photographer describes 'scream' of migrant boy's 'silent body'". CNN. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ (re-)Tweet by Twitter user Liz Sly on 2 September 2015
- ^ "Photographer of the world-shaking picture of drowned Syrian toddler: 'I was petrified at that moment'". Hürriyet Daily News. 3 September 2015.
- ^ Andrew Katz (3 September 2015). "Photographer who found Syrian toddler dead on Turkish beach: ‘I was petrified’". Washington Post.
- ^ McMah, Lauren (14 September 2015). "Stories behind iconic photos that changed the world". news.com.au.
- ^ Troubling image of drowned boy captivates, horrifies on Reuters, 2 September 2015
- ^ a b Een Zee van Beelden (English: A Sea of Images), 09 maart 2016 Argos TV - Medialogica
- ^ Analysis of the viral impact of the photo of Aylan Kurdi on Social Media by researchers led by Dr Farida Vis of University of Sheffield’s Visual Social Media Lab, 14 December 2015 (retrieved 13 March 2016)
- ^ TIME Picks the Top 100 Photos of 2015, Slide number 90 in unranked slide show of 100 photos from the magazine's 2015 edition, 7 December 2015 (retrieved 9 July 2016)
- ^ Riesen-Graffiti zeigt toten Flüchtlingsjungen, Hessenschau.de, 10 March 2016 (retrieved 9 July 2016)
- ^ Ai Weiwei poses as drowned Syrian infant refugee in 'haunting' photo, 1 February 2016, The Guardian (retrieved 9 July 2016)
External links
- Ismail Küpeli: "We Spoke to the Photographer Behind the Picture of the Drowned Syrian Boy". Vice (magazine) 4 September 2015
- Analysis of the viral impact of the photo of Aylan Kurdi on Social Media by researchers led by Dr Farida Vis of University of Sheffield’s Visual Social Media Lab, 14 December 2015 (retrieved 13 March 2016)
