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Photographer’s Note

My 10th and last portrait is neither a poet, nor an artist and nor an academic. Another friend of me, he is a retired fisherman and a man with 1000 skills: Fikret Usta (Master Fikret) .

You can see him painting the walls of the houses in his neighbourhood, or repairing a transistor radio; or driving his ultramodern car Anadol (year 1970) First ever built turkish car ! I have put also an interior view of his car as WS ! All the instruments are in full function. Only my question to him about the function of a TV remote control there, remains still unanswered !

This entry is also been scanned from a b&w print .

Portreler galerimdeki onuncu ve son portre, şair de değil, sanatçı da değil; akademisyen hiç değil. Başka bir dostum.
Emekli bir balıkçı reisi ve on parmağında on marifet: Fikret Usta .

Onu komşu evlerin dış cephelerini boyarken de görürsünüz, ya da eski bir transistörlü radyoyu tamir ederken; ya da son model arabasını kullanırken: 1970 modeli bir Anadol.
WS de bu Anadol’un bir görüntüsü yer alıyor ! Bütün kumanda tablosu kendi üretimidir ve hepsi de çalışır vaziyettedir. Sadece bu teknolojik karmaşanın arasında yer alan televizyon kumandasının ne işe yaradığını kendisi de bilmiyor !

Bu kareyi de siyah beyaz bir baskıdan taradım

saxo042, erhan1958, zeynepe, Cretense, bostankorkulugu, dareco, figenya has marked this note useful

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brandstaetter (14552) 2009-11-12 1:00

Hallo Mesut,
ein schönes Portrait, vor allem der dunkle Hintergrund, vor dem sich das markante Gesicht schön abhebt. Das schwierige Sonnenlicht hast Du gut im Griff.
LG, Christian

saxo042 (16590) 2009-11-12 1:14

Hi Mesut,
This must be one of your best portraits is this series! The light is excellent and his facial expression is perfectly captured. The black background is very good too. An outstanding picture, he must be very satisfied himself with this!
Kind regards
Gunnar

Jeppo (12278) 2009-11-12 2:18

mehraba Mesut,

ich dachte, es war ein Fischerman, sobald ich das Bild gesehen haben. Deine Note hat fuer die entsprechende Bestaetigung gesorgt.
warum habe ich so gedacht? Dieser Mensch erinnert mich an die Fischermaenner von Foça, die ich vor 1 Jahr gesehen haben. Sein Blick ist muede und erfahren....die Gesichtfalten bestaetigen mehrere Arbeitsjahren, Bemuehungen und salzige Luft...

ein exzellentes Portrait
gratuliere
Silvio

jasmis (51339) 2009-11-12 2:20

Fine portrait but it is a pity that eyes are almost invisible.
Regards.

mursaloglu (5284) 2009-11-12 4:57

merhaba mesut bey
enfes bir SB portre çalışması. Işığın vuruşu ve yönü ve ayrıca netlik olağanüstü. ellerinize sağlık ihsan

Bartleby (5228) 2009-11-12 6:26

Hi Mesut,
I like the light and the general feel of your portrait. One thing I find disturbing though is that we cannot see the eyes...a bit creepy I have to admit...

Best,

Philippe

Coolka (472) 2009-11-12 6:42

Hello Mesut,

well, I knew it must have been a fisherman before I`ve red the note. This face speeks by itself.
I admire these people for their longanimous character.
The portrait is fantastic.
rgds
Joanna

sayeed_rahman (2337) 2009-11-12 7:40

And you document the fisherman too..the jack of all trade..thats your personality mesut..in your eyes...the painter..professor and the philosopher..the common worker..all have the same amount of importance and respect..thats what makes photography so special..it know no boundaries..no limits..

the last one..i am quite disappointed

tc

sayeed

yaya13baut (2373) 2009-11-12 10:29

hi Mesut,
a well done portrait, good control of the B&W and good management of the light. nice shadow on the left part of his face.
thanks to share with us his daily life in the note, like if we talked about our own neighbour.
Yannis

zeynepe (9400) 2009-11-12 10:56

Merhaba Mesut Bey,
Fikret Usta'yla tanışmıştım. Şile'de yaşayan eşimin eski müdürü dünyalar tatlısı bir insan Tamer Bey tanıştırmıştı bizi. nereden nereye ... Harika bir portre olmuş emektar anadol'un içini görmemiştim, Tamer Bey de söylemişti harikaymış gerçekten...
Portre serinizin bitmesine üzüldüm doğrusu,
sevgiler,
zeynep

Buin (38628) 2009-11-12 11:00

Guten Abend Mesut!
Vielleicht der interessanteste und eindrucksvollste Mensch in Deiner kleine Serie. Ich bin sicher, dass Du das nicht falsch verstehst. Ein Gesicht wie eine Landschaft - und mir scheint, ein zufriedenes. Der absolut dunkle Hintergrund könnte nicht besser sein. Von Deinen Portraits gefällt mir dieses am besten.
Grüße aus dem sehr "novembrigen" Deutschland! So langsam reicht's! ;-)
Frank
PS. Das Auto-"cockpit" ist ja mit Worten kaum zu beschreiben - vielleicht passt "atemberaubend" am besten ;-)

hardyuno (2753) 2009-11-12 11:41

Guten Abend Mesut,
auch das ist ein eindrucksvolles Gesicht, vom Leben gezeichnet aber trotzdem voller Zuversicht.
Wunderbare Kontraste. Danke fürs Zeigen
Einen schönen Abend noch
Hartmut

Fis2 (46747) 2009-11-12 12:03

Witaj Mesut!
Interesting b&w series.
Very curious portrait.
I like the frame and light.
Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

batalay (21422) 2009-11-12 12:17

Merhaba sevgili Mesut,

Senin bu portre serini yeni görüyorum (ancak haftada bir veya on günde bir ben de gönderebiliyorum bugünlerde). Ne kadar derin ifadeler, ve b&w'da daha da etkiliyeci, her biri. Fikret Usta hakikaten "master of all trades"mis.

Sevgi ve selamlar,

Bülent

carper (66148) 2009-11-13 0:11

a fine portrait gallery Mesut,
very nice photo, I like the black and white and the light and shadow in this photo, very nice photo job here, have a nice day.
regard jaap

Cretense (57608) 2009-11-13 1:37

Hello, dear Mesut!

Maybe, Fikret Usta, is not as famous as the others, but he is equally important person, and his portrait is one of the best I have ever seen! Even in this dark background, the sea is everpresent, mostly in his eyes, in the way he looks! Top quality, powerful portrait! Congratulations!

Warm regards,
Hercules

berek (29115) 2009-11-13 22:38

Süper ışık ve yüz ifadesi bayıldım Mesut bey. selamlar iyi hafta sonları

danyy (69963) 2009-11-15 0:14

Bonjour Mesut,
dans la série de tes portraits, c'est celui-ci que je préfère, un arrière plan sombre, parfait, une mise au point très précise et surtout une gestion du peu de lumières, parfaite.
Un cadrage bien dégagé devant le regard du sujet.
Photo difficile mais pleinement réussie.
Mes amitiés.
Daniel.

bostankorkulugu (34212) 2009-11-15 0:19

en güzelini sona mı sakladınız?... tek kelimeyle MÜKEMMEL...

delkoo (35058) 2009-11-17 3:51

hi mesut
there is long time I didn't comment any photos of you, i find this portrait very interesting by the light which bathed his face.
obviously b&w is the best choise for this kind of picture.

best regards
didier

mauro61 (16680) 2009-11-18 0:22

ciao Mesut,
molto interessante questa serie di ritratti che hai presentato.
Le ombre e la tonalità esaltano i tratti del viso.
Un ottimo lavoro con un perfetto uso del B&W.
buona giornata
maurizio

dareco (17104) 2009-11-23 6:58

Excellent b&w portrait. Nice detail and expression. I like the lighting. TFS

faubry (32521) 2009-11-24 1:53

un superbe noir et blanc pour ce portrait très bien capturé! bravo
à très bientôt
francine

figenya (1753) 2009-12-14 0:56

Mesut bey, merhaba

Siyah fon üzeri harika bir portre. Burdaki ışık çok iyiymiş. Modelin yönü, yüzündeki ifade ve ışığın yer yer düşmesiyle oluşan etki çok güzel. Tebrik ediyorum

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