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OPINION, ARTICLE 05.04.2024

Countable Things

ÇAĞLAR ONGAN
#eyüpsultan #photograph #haliç

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- You’re cold. Wait, let me give you my coat.
+ Thank you but I’m fine as is. Also it keeps one young, keeps one alive.
- Oh don’t say that. You’re always young, always beautiful. Also, would such move suit a gentleman like myself?
+ Oh you. Neither I am young anymore, nor let such a chivalry exist anymore.
- Who says! Would such a thing ever be? No way, let me...
+ Stop. See how many layers I am already. We’re sitting so peacefully, aren’t we? Perhaps these are the last cold days, they have a charm of their own.
- …
+ …
- Oh, these ways of yours... Both humble and playing hard. Let it be; it doesn't discourage me.
The whole world will hear how much I love you! Oh, if you only knew that I keep uttering your name, if you only knew…
I count my steps towards you. I count my nights without sleep. I count the streets and the avenues I pass. You in beautiful dresses, festive days, large tables I count.
+ And the things you give up, your days that passed. And the flowers you picked, you count.
- Yes, yes! I dive into deep seas to see, shout from highest mountains. You deserve the very best of everything.
+ But, you count the things that are countable.
You only see with your eyes.
You only possess with your touch.
Indeed, all your beautiful words are a lump in my throat.
All the things you lay before me are nothing like embroidered cloths; they, day by day, resemble curtains of gray fog.
Before me, after me.
Because neihghter my memories can fit between us, nor our tomorrows are pages on a tear off calendars.
On my right and on my left, I cannot find you through all this fog;
nor can you ever see me.

T5 Goldenhorn Tram Line Construction (Eyüpsultan, 2017) © Çağlar Ongan

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ÇAĞLAR ONGAN

I was born in Adana, Türkiye in 1995. In 2002, we got internet connection at our home, which provided me with the opportunity to engage with various fields of design and art. When I enrolled at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2013, architectural photography also became an integral part of my pursuits. Experiencing a space in its physical location holds multiple dimensions. On the other hand, when working with photographs, I have a reflex to distill them into the ideal emotion one wishes to remember. The concept that photographs can evoke everything that crosses the mind while seeking the perfect frame is something I hope will never end.

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