Mehmet Turgut
Photographer
Turkish photographer who is known for his celebrity portraits of different actors, musicians, artists, and other cultural figures. He has also worked with several popular brands and companies including Play Station and CNN Turkey and shares his works through Instagram for his over 140,000 followers.
Prior to his commercial work and portraits, he began focusing on experimental printing techniques involving painting, pencil drawings and other photo processing techniques. Later on he expanded to producing fictionalized photographs containing a unique narrative.
He is known for having been the Art Foundation Photo Artist of the Year for the 2008-2009 season and also won the Austrian Super Circuit Gold Medal for Emotions.
He was born and raised in Ankara, Turkey and was named after his grandfather.
He photographed the cover of the Ozzy Osbourne single Let It Die.