Niko Guido

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Niko Guido
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Niko Guido
Born
Necip Yanmaz

(1966-03-25) March 25, 1966 (age 56)
Istanbul, Turkey
Citizenship
  • Turkish
  • French
OccupationPhotographer
Years active2006–present

Niko Guido (born 1966, Istanbul) is a Turkish-French photographer. [1]

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After finishing Galatasaray High School, he graduated from Boğaziçi University. [2] [3] He opened exhibitions in Venice, Paris, İzmir and İstanbul; his photographs have published on magazines and newspapers.

Then he has held exhibitions in more than 40 cities in Turkey and all around the world, while his photographs have been featured in many local and international newspapers and magazines. His success in nude photography brought him a respectable reputation on the international scene.

Following his collaboration on the photography project “Unobstructed Laughter” in support of The Spinal Cord Paralytics Association of Turkey, he traveled the world to portray life in different countries. The photographs he took during those journeys have been published in numerous magazines including National Geographic.

After the Haiti Earthquake, he collaborated with UNICEF, an organization he later worked with to organize the exhibition Van İçin Destek (Support for Van) which brought together 30 master photographers.

As part of the anti-war project Leave Us Alone, which he realized with Doctors without Borders on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, his photographs were simultaneously exhibited in 32 cities around the world, making it the world’s largest photography exhibition.

Niko Guido, has organized more than 60 exhibitions in Turkey and abroad.

Niko Guido opened the exhibition “Artist as an Art Object” for the benefit of the Turkish Education Foundation in 2014 and continues to contribute to the art of photography with his many projects. In specific, Guido initiated or provided guidance for the following projects:

I’m Istanbul, [4] Istanbul 365 Days, [5] Women’s Eye, 14 Cities, [6] PhotoMarathon, [7] Human Stories [8]

In 2013, Guido received the special jury award at the FIAP World Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious photography competitions. The artist continues to explore and portray the world, and to realize an array of projects with his group, PhotoTravelers.


Awards

Newspapers, Magazines, Books

Exhibitions

ExhibitionRoleLocationYearBenefactor
Smiles Without HandicapIndividual ExhibitionistIstanbul2008Association of Paralyzed in Turkey
Nudo a VeneziaIndividual ExhibitionistVenice2008
RealIndividual ExhibitionistIstanbul2008
Haiti Suite [9] [10] Individual ExhibitionistParis2010 Unicef
Haiti Aftermath [9] Individual ExhibitionistIzmir2010 Unicef
Haiti Aftermath [9] Individual ExhibitionistIstanbul2010 Unicef
NakedIndividual ExhibitionistIstanbul2011
Hope for Van [11] CuratorIstanbul2011 Unicef
Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project [12] Individual ExhibitionistIstanbul2013 Doctors Without Borders
Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project [13] Individual ExhibitionistParis2013 Doctors Without Borders
Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project [14] Individual ExhibitionistLondon2013 Doctors Without Borders
Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project [15] Individual ExhibitionistStockholm2013 Doctors Without Borders
Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project [16] Individual ExhibitionistBangalore2013 Doctors Without Borders
Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project [17] Individual ExhibitionistCyprus2013 Doctors Without Borders
Artist As Art ObjectIndividual ExhibitionistIstanbul2013 Turkish Education Foundation
Artist As Art ObjectIndividual ExhibitionistIstanbul2021 Turkish Education Foundation
The Woman's Eye [18] [19] CuratorNancy, France2016

Photography Projects

ProjectYearPartner
South America2009
Cuba2010
Japan-Myanmar2011
India-Nepal-Sri Lanka2013
Brasil2014
Laos-Cambodia-Vietnam2015
Morocco2014
Philippines2014
Australia2015
USA-Russia2016
Israel-Peru-Bolivia2017
Tanzania2018
Uzbekistan-South Africa-Madagascar2019
Protesting Gold Mines [20] 2007
Scream of Allianoi2008
Protesting Sea Pollution2009
Haiti Aftermath [21] 2010 Unicef
Protesting Polygamy2011
The Artist as Art Object2013 Turkish Education Foundation
Leave us Alone [22] 2013 Doctors Without Borders
The Woman's Eye [18] [19] 2016

Documentaries and TV Shows

TitleLocationGenre !
A Frame to LifeHaitiDocumentary [23]
About PhotographyIstanbul / Izmir / KonyaTV show
Photograph WandererVeniceTV show
Photograph WandererIndiaTV show
Photograph WandererSri LankaTV show

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  8. ↑ "Human Stories Photography Project" . Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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