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EXHIBITION The virtual tour also features voice recordings performed by the
curator Demet Yıldız. The voice recordings include pieces from
two books: “Portraits: A Periodic Survey of Turkish Literature”,
which was edited by Nilgün Uzun Uluocak, and “The Way of the
Explore “Lütfi Özkök: Portraits” Exhibition via Winds”, which focuses on the life and work of Lütfi Özkök and was
Virtual Tour written by Osman İkiz.
Dates: 28 July 2020 - 28 July 2021 Directed by Özkök’s granddaughter Anna Juhlin in 2010, the docu-
Venue: İstanbul Modern
mentary titled Poeten i Elefanthuset (Poet of the Elephant House)
which was the winner of New doc-prize at the Stockholm Tempo
İstanbul Modern has added new content to its digital platforms documentary festival, also meets with the audience as a part of the
which are continuously updated during these days as we stay at virtual tour. The documentary features Lütfi Özkök’s life.
home and limit social interactions. The museum now offers an op-
portunity to see “Lütfi Özkök: Portraits” exhibition via virtual Poet photographer, photographer poet
tour.

A poet as well as a photographer, Özkök closely followed the worlds
İstanbul Modern continues to host its guests on digital platforms of art and literature and often communicated with his subjects be-
so that you can experience art without leaving your homes. In ad- fore taking their portraits. Lifelong relationships with figures in
dition to virtual tours, digital archives, and collections, İstanbul the exhibition, including Nâzım Hikmet, Samuel Beckett and René
Modern also shares several other types of content with the audi- Char, enabled him to take their photos at different times and re-
ence via its YouTube channel, social media accounts and website. cord the changes in their faces as they journeyed through life.
The museum now opens “Lütfi Özkök: Portraits” exhibition for
access via virtual tour.
He shot the famous portrait of Nâzım in 1959
The exhibition features the internationally renowned photographer Nâzım Hikmet’s famous portraits which he shot in 1959 in Stock-
Lütfi Özkök’s (1923-2017) photographs of 80 leading figures in holm and left mark on people were the works of those years. In
art and literature starting from the 1950s. “Lütfi Özkök: Por- 1960, Özkök began attending International Writers’ Conference in
traits” invites viewers to witness a period while contemplating the Copenhagen and begins to enrich his portrait archive. Özkök meets
various meanings of portrait photography. Along with the photo- with Nâzım Hikmet in 1962 at the International Writers’ Meeting
graphs, the virtual tour also features a documentary, texts and in Florence once again, and takes more portraits.
voice recordings, documents and visuals on Lütfi Özkök’s life.