studio Claus Wiersma

Eye Filmmuseum presents the first Dutch exhibition devoted to the work of acclaimed Turkish filmmaker and photographer Nuri Bilge Ceylan. For this occasion, the museum is bringing together his prize-winning films and lesser-known landscape photographs for the very first time. That combination reveals not only Ceylan’s masterly photographic eye and sense of composition, but also the deeply compassionate way he explores universal themes from a Turkish perspective.
Known for his literary approach to cinematography, Ceylan masterfully delves into the complexities of the human condition. His protagonists are authentic individuals who navigate personal struggles, seeking meaningful connections and learning to overcome loneliness and communication challenges. Although his films touch on the universal, they are inextricably rooted in recent Turkish history and its myriad contrasts: between city and countryside, religion and secularism, intellectual and working-class environments, rich and poor, individualism and collectivism. (text courtesy of Eye Filmmuseum)