Botan Babies from Hasankeyf, by Mehmet Masum
From Hasankeyf, womens and babys with Kurdish national dress. Called them Babies of Botan. Botan is the name of a region. Hasankeyf is a small town which had a thousand years past in Batman in the southeast of Turkey. Many valuable historical and cultural works and a thousand historical caves in this town will be under the water of the Dam of Ilisu. Kurds an old people living in Turkey and the Middle East. Tourists who visited county is buying this babies.
Botan Babies from Hasankeyf, by Mehmet Masum
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | December 23
Photo of the Day Award Category: Color Photography
Photograph Location: Hasankeyf | Turkey
Photographer: Mehmet Masum Suer (Diyarbakir, Turkey) Registered
Mehmet Masum Suer is a Kurdish international photographer and freelance journalist living in city of Diyarbakir in Turkey. He began his career as a journalist in 1974, then worked for different agencies and newspapers of Turkey as a reporter, photo-journalist, writer, redactor and representative. He quit journalism after 1993, and got involved on his researches about history, culture and language. Mehmet Masum Suer has been taking photos professionally in different fields besides photojournalism since 2005. Suer takes pictures of historic places and buildings especially in citys of Diyarbakir, Mardin, Van and Hasankeyf. Meanwhile he has been involved on a project of taking photos of famous Kurdish politicians and artists. Cultural, historical values, and works of art are the subjects that take his attention. Suer also records the cultural festivals, and presentations as documentaries. Some of his exhibitions took place in Turkey, Iraq, and USA. Photos of Suer are especially used in touristic publications such as guide books, brochures, and postcards as well as they are used in international tourism fairs, newspapers, and magazines.
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Brilliant photo. I wish i could turn out travel photos like that. I am just starting to get into travel photography so hopefully 2011 will see an improvement in my work.