Can Dagarslani, an Istanbul-based
photographer, started taking pictures
while studying architecture at Mimar
Sinan University of Fine Art, Istanbul.
Never having studied photography, he
realised while taking landscape shots
of cities to study their ‘architectural
plan’ that firing the shutter gives
him goosebumps. Later on, he put
aside his digital camera and started
shooting analogue – which truly
triggered his photographic inclination.
With Mirror – shot on film with the
use of scanned negatives – he plays
with the emotional intensity that
occurs when two different characters
come together. His advice being ‘to
let the subconscious take over’ when
he shoots, the subjects are – for the
most part – left alone by the camera’s
gaze. Merely in the opening shot
does the viewer intrude while the
models stare back at the camera, but
for the rest of the series it seems as
though they let loose without being
seen.