You Lookin’ At Me?

What’s more shocking (or normal, as times and tastes have really changed) than idiots on motorbikes in the streets of Istanbul, sporting WWII German soldier-style helmets?   

A small child inspecting a real gun in his hand, apparently…

This and other unseen photos by Brooklyn-based Serbian-born photographer, Boogie, who has released the second volume in his city series entitled ‘Istanbul’, is sure to shake you to the roots.   

The book is a result of Boogie’s one week here and the photos he shot 15 hours a day. It’s 96 pages of beautiful black and white photography that give a starkly honest and transparent look at the feel and nature of Istanbul.

Apart from the curious child, there’s a line of passport-size portraits of men (mostly moustached and from what looks like a photo shop’s display); a car lifted from a crash site; a young man showing his tatoos, and many more shots with a bizarre mix of aesthetics and voyeurism.  

Brutally frank, and sometimes, frankly, brutal.
Istanbul, Photographs by Boogie out now.  Book and t-shirts featuring images from it available from upperplaygroundstore.com.    
Contributed by Deniz Karaman.