Described as his “tribute to the people in Turkey who marched for justice,” Özmen’s first photobook traces 10 years of tumult in his homeland
Emin Özmen
"For me, there is something more important than good or bad photography. It’s about the quality of your character, it’s about your soul. I believe photography follows this and is already a reflection of who you are."
- Emin Özmen
Emin Özmen is a documentary photographer and member of Magnum Photos. His work explores memory, identity and social change, with particular attention to the lives of individuals caught within larger political and historical forces.
Özmen studied photography in the Fine Arts Faculty at Marmara University of Istanbul. In 2008, he obtained a degree in Documentary photography at the University of Art and Design in Linz, Austria.
His work has been published by TIME magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Der Spiegel, Le Monde magazine, Paris Match, Newsweek, among others.
Özmen has won several awards, among them two World Press Photo awards and Public Prize of The Bayeux Calvados awards for war correspondents. He was a member of the jury of 2016 and 2018 World Press Photo Multimedia contests.
He currently lives in between Paris and Istanbul.
