|    The artist was born 1969 in 
			Istanbul. He graduated as environmental engineer from the Technical 
			University of Istanbul and as G.S.F. Photographer from the Marmara 
			University. He still continues in the program "Sanatta Yeterlik" 
			(Qualification in Art) in the Photographical Department of the Mimar 
			Sinan University of Fine Arts. Beginning in 1985 as an amateur, he 
			can consider himself since 1995 as a professional photographer. His 
			main focus is on nature, people and architecture. He is interested 
			in digital photography and aims his work in this direction. Up to 
			date he produced 18 slide presentations, opened two exhibitions, has 
			taken part in several group exhibitions and published photographs in 
			various magazines. During 1995-1999 he created a total of 41 
			multivision and multimedia programs with photographs and graphics in 
			the Gültekin Çizgen Multivision Studio.
Since 1993 he gives photographer education seminars in the 
			institute "Fotografevi" (Photographer's House). He publishes the 
			photo magazines "f" and "Iz" and contributes with educational 
			articles in "Photo Digital" and "Photo Magazine". At the moment he 
			is as a lecturer at the Marmara University in the G.S.F. Photograph 
			Department, at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in the 
			Photograph Department and at the Doğuş University in the Department 
			for Graphic on the subjects of Graphic Creation and "Numeric 
			Photography". Education books published by the photographer:“Fotograf Teknik Okumaları” (Co Author with Faruk Akbaş), SAY 
			Publishing Company, 2006“Fotografın İpuçları”, Kodak Publishing Company, 2004“Temel Fotograf”, Fotografevi Publishing Company, 2003 "NATURE"  Emre 
			Ikizler became  an expert in photographer education and photograph 
			publishing. Still, on his travels his amateur spirit appears and 
			lets him focus on nature and people.
His third personal photo exhibition titled "Nature" is a 
			selection of the fruit of various travels. He gives special 
			attention to visually beautiful landscapes, hard to reach mountains 
			and lakes in nearly inaccessible places and close ups of flowers and 
			beetles. He underlines differences in nature employing a simple 
			expressive language and the masterly use of colour. The exhibition compiles of 24 color photographs sized 70x100 
			cm.  |