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16 A\u011fustos 1928’de, Ermeni as\u0131ll\u0131 eczac\u0131 bir baban\u0131n \u00e7ocu\u011fu olarak \u0130stanbul’da d\u00fcnyaya geldi. \u00c7ocuk ya\u015fta sinemadan \u00e7ok etkilendi\u011fi farkedilince, Muhsin Ertu\u011frul’un yan\u0131nda tiyatro ve oyunculuk e\u011fitimi almaya ba\u015flad\u0131. Kuru\u00e7e\u015fme’de Getronagan Ermeni Lisesi’nde okurken ayn\u0131 s\u00fcre\u00e7te, film st\u00fcdyolar\u0131nda sinemac\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n her dal\u0131nda yer al\u0131yordu.<\/p>\n
1950 y\u0131l\u0131nda \u0130stanbul \u00dcniversitesi \u0130ktisat Fak\u00fcltesi’ne devam ederken, Yeni \u0130stanbul gazetesinde \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya ba\u015flad\u0131. Kalbi o kadar i\u015findeydi ki okudu\u011fu fak\u00fclteyi yar\u0131m b\u0131rakacakt\u0131.<\/p>\n
1956’da Time-Life, 1958’de Paris-Match ve Der Stern dergilerinin Yak\u0131ndo\u011fu foto m\u00fchabirli\u011fini \u00fcstlendi.\u00a0 Photography Annual dergisi onu 1961 y\u0131l\u0131nda d\u00fcnyan\u0131n en iyi yedi foto\u011fraf\u00e7\u0131s\u0131ndan biri olarak tan\u0131tt\u0131.<\/p>\n
Ara G\u00fcler\u2019in ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 foto\u011fraflar\u0131, Fransa’dan Amerika’ya kadar bir\u00e7ok katalogda yer ald\u0131. T\u00fcrkiye ve d\u00fcnyan\u0131n \u00e7e\u015fitli yerlerinde \u00e7ekti\u011fi kendine has klasik foto\u011fraflar\u0131yla tan\u0131nd\u0131. Anadolu ve \u0130stanbul’un yok edilen bir\u00e7ok g\u00fczelli\u011fini yakalad\u0131. Resimli Hayat ve Hayat dergilerinde \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131. Uluslararas\u0131 bir \u00fcnvan olan ‘Master of Leica’ \u00fcnvan\u0131na lay\u0131k g\u00f6r\u00fcld\u00fc. 1966\u2019da, ABD Modern Sanatlar Galerisi\u2019nde a\u00e7\u0131lan \u2018Renkli Foto\u011fraf\u0131n On Ustas\u0131\u2019 adl\u0131 sergiye kat\u0131ld\u0131. 1967 y\u0131l\u0131nda Kanada’da ‘\u0130nsanlar\u0131n D\u00fcnyas\u0131na Bak\u0131\u015flar’ adl\u0131 sergi a\u00e7t\u0131. 1971\u2019de Almanya\u2019da \u2018T\u00fcrkiye\u2019 adl\u0131 alb\u00fcm\u00fc yay\u0131mlad\u0131. 1980 y\u0131l\u0131ndan sonra \u00e7e\u015fitli dergi ve gazetelerde muhabirlik yapt\u0131.<\/p>\n
G\u00f6rd\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc, g\u00f6rd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc anda oldu\u011fu gibi \u00e7eken Ara G\u00fcler, “Ben foto\u011fraf\u0131n bir sanat oldu\u011fundan da emin de\u011filim. Foto\u011fraf\u0131n bir mesaj vermesi laz\u0131m” diyor. Foto\u011fraf\u0131n yalan konu\u015fmayan tek makina oldu\u011funu savunan G\u00fcler’e g\u00f6re, “\u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc dili yoktur yalan konu\u015fmak i\u00e7in. Foto\u011fraf \u00e7ok m\u00fchimdir. Sanat olup olmamas\u0131 ikinci plandad\u0131r, ger\u00e7e\u011fi ya\u015fant\u0131y\u0131 yakalamak i\u00e7in.”<\/p>\n
D\u00fcnyan\u0131n bir\u00e7ok \u00fclkesini gezen Ara G\u00fcler, Hindistan’a ayr\u0131 bir hayranl\u0131k besliyor.\u00a0 Avrupa ise ruhsuz bir k\u0131ta. Ara G\u00fcler bu konuda gazeteci \u00d6mer Sercan\u2019a \u015f\u00f6yle diyor; “Avrupa medeniyeti belad\u0131r. Hindistan’\u0131n yamyamlar\u0131 bile onlardan daha insan. Pislik herifler. \u0130nsanl\u0131\u011f\u0131n ba\u015f\u0131na bela olan b\u00fct\u00fcn izm’ler Avrupa’dan \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131. Gidip yamyamlar\u0131n foto\u011fraf\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7ekerim daha iyi. \u0130nsanl\u0131k yok orada. Sanatlar\u0131 be\u015f para etmez. Bizim Osmanl\u0131’n\u0131n hat sanat\u0131n\u0131n yar\u0131s\u0131na ula\u015fmaz onlar\u0131n resmi.” diyerek fikirlerini sert bir \u015fekilde bizimle payla\u015f\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
Bertrand Russell, Winston Churchill, Arnold Toynbee, Picasso, Salvador Dali gibi bir\u00e7ok \u00fcnl\u00fcn\u00fcn foto\u011fraf\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7ekip r\u00f6portajlar yapan Ara G\u00fcler hayat\u0131 boyunca T\u00fcrkiye’yi ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 bir \u015fekilde temsil etti.<\/p>\n
17 Ekim 2018 tarihinde 23:20 s\u0131ralar\u0131nda yo\u011fun bak\u0131ma kald\u0131r\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131\u00a0\u015ei\u015fli Florance Nightingale Hastanesi’nde ya\u015fam\u0131n\u0131 yitirmi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n