Buket
Ozatay is a Turkish Cypriot photographer who was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. Since
1995 she has jointly run her late father’s photography business with her two
brothers and is regarded as the first contemporary female photography entrepreneur
in the history of Cyprus Turkish photography. Ozatay has produced and presented
the TV program “Buket Ozatay and Photography Enthusiasts” for BRT TV in 2014-15
and also gives beginners photography and photoshop lessons at the Gonyeli
Municipality Social Activities Centre,SAM.
Ozatay’s
works include collages, abstract, creative, documentary, portrait, travel and
street photography and have been widely published, some as cover pictures, in
books, magazines, newspapers, catalogues and brochures or online. Her
photographs have been exhibited in international competitions in more than 60
countries across five continents. Ozatay is also the first female Turkish
Cypriot photographer to win award in photography in her home country and at
international photography competitions. She has won more than 100 international
awards. She is also the first Turkish Cypriot woman to win the EFIAP/b title
from FIAP; the organisation which has consultative status at UNESCO thanks to
her artistic works and contributions towards international events. Ozatay also
participates in the judging of many photo competitions and presentations held
in her home country and abroad.
She
has been organizing a photo competition and exhibition since 2009 yearly in
memory of her late journalist and photographer father. The Oztan Ozatay
International Photo Competition and Exhibition is the most popular in Northern
Cyprus, attracting record number of high quality photographers and the highest
volume of entries.
Qualifications:
• Anadolu University, Photography and Camera
Operating, Turkey, 2016
• European Commission, Training Program,
Brussels, Belgium, 2002
• Lefke European University, MBA , Cyprus,1998
• University of Kansas, Business
Administration & Marketing BS, USA, 1994
Photo Presentations:
2017 Mus Photography Art Association, Turkey
2017 Cyprus International University, Northern
Cyprus
2016 Women Behind the Bars, St Hilarion Rotary
Club, Northern Cyprus
2016 Women Behind the Bars, Gender & Power
Festival Cyprus
2016 Kyrenia Photo Volunteers Association
(GIFDER) Northern Cyprus
2016 Cyprus Art Photography Association, (KIFSAD)
Northern Cyprus
2016 Photo Enchanted Friends Association (FODOS)
Northern Cyprus
2016 FOTODOS Photography Association, Cyprus
2015 Near East University, (NEU) Northern Cyprus
2015 Kyrenia Photo Volunteers Association
(GIFDER) Northern Cyprus
2015 Cyprus Turkish Photography Association,
(FODER) Northern Cyprus
2015 Cyprus Art Photography Association, (KIFSAD)
Northern Cyprus
2014 Cyprus Photographic Society, CYPRUS
2014 5th Art and Culture Week, Erenkoy High
School, Northern CYPRUS
2014 Mexico-Guatemala Photo Presentation, Cyprus Photographic Society, CYPRUS
2014 Cyprus Art Photography Association, (KIFSAD)
Northern Cyprus
2014 Cyprus Turkish Photography Association,
(FODER) Northern Cyprus
2013 Cyprus Art Photography Association (KIFSAD) Northern Cyprus
REFERENCE:
Buket Özatay Biography (buketozatay.com, 02.09.2018).
