Emin Özmen
Emin Özmen (born 1985)[1] is a Turkish photographer, photojournalist and film maker, and is a member of Magnum Photos.
Life and work
Özmen is based in Istanbul. His work focuses on refugees in Turkey and the wider Middle East, including Syria and Iraq.
In 2013 he founded a photography cooperative named Agence Le Journal, which is based in Istanbul.[2]
In 2017, he became a nominee member of Magnum Photos. Özmen became a full member in 2022.[3]
In 2025, he documented the Venezuelan refugee crisis in Colombia, the pictures were exposed in December at the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition in honor of the laureate María Corina Machado.[4]
Awards
- 2014, Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents – Public Jury Photo Prize[5][6]
- 2014, World Press Photo Multimedia Contest – 1st prize[7]
- 2015, Magnum Photos Photographer Fund winner for 'Limbo' project[8]
Exhibitions
- 2013 Occupy Gezi, Netherlands, Amsterdam Mediamatic[9]
- 2017 Les Limbes, Turkey, French Institute Istanbul[10]
References
- ^ "Emin Ozmen's Personal Site". Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "About | Agence Le Journal". www.agencelejournal.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Emin Özmen • Magnum Photos". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Machado opened the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition". NobelPrize.org. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "The Public Prize (photo) sponsored by the Agence Française de Développement". Bayeux-Calvados. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ Doucet, Lyse (15 October 2014). "Are we right to censor the brutality of war?". BBC News. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Witnessing Gezi". World Press Photo. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Emin Özmen • Magnum Photos". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Premiere of Witnessing Gezi by Emin Özmen". Mediamatic. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Les Limbes – Emin Özmen |". www.ifturquie.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 February 2018.