THE YEARS IN BETWEEN

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Photographer

TIJEN EROL
Date of Photograph

2015
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https://www.tijenerolyakup.com
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My work takes a view of an untold story of a Jewish woman of 98 years old, the only civil living inside the Military Buffer Zone in Cyprus, who has deeply experienced the pain of not only the two world wars but also Cyprus war by replacements, becoming refugee and losing her family members. I firstly started this documentary to have a better understanding of the emotional and cultural aspects of being an expat living in the ‘No Man’s Land’ dividing the island and the two communities in my homeland, Cyprus. As deepen my research in her life, I decided to include her Holocaust memories, which bridge over a better understanding of the political, cultural and emotional aspects of her life. As a citizen of a divided island, I have a motivation to develop intercultural understanding, which I believe is the corner stone of the world peace.

Biography

I was born in Cyprus, graduated from Engineering Sciences and MBA. I took courses on Photography in Central Saint Martins College and graduated from ‘Photography and Camera Operation’. I had a duo exhibition ‘Exotic Morocco’ in 2014. I was invited to Berlin Fine Art and Documentary Biennial in 2016. I am also invited for a solo exhibition in Paphos in Cyprus, a group and a duo exhibition in Austria and a solo exhibition in Sweden in 2017. I participated in the "Join the Dots" Imago Mundi Project in Italy and "Salon d’Automne" exhibitions in Cyprus in 2018. I won many awards.
Awards

2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards, Editorial-Conflict, Bronze Medal, Japan 2017 Sille Sanat Saray? Seyit Ali AK Photo Cup (SAAC), 2st Round, Turkey Humanity Photo Awards, The China Folklore Photographic Association, 2nd Round Judging, China 2016 TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Moving images-Documentary, Winner, Japan International Photography Awards, Lucie Foundation, Honorable Mention, USA Ayvacik Municipality 2th International Photography Competition, GPU Mention, Turkey Sille Sanat Saray? Seyit Ali AK Photo Cup (SAAC), 1st Round, Turkey MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards, Moving images-Documentary, Winner, Russia MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards, Moving images, 2nd Place, Russia YOUMANITY Annual Photography Award, UK 2015 1st Exhibition of Photography “ROCK – NICOSIA”, CPS praise, Cyprus All Photographers Are One World, PSA Traka Ribbon, Serbia 2014 Aphrodite IOPC 2014, ISF Silver Medal, CYPRUS Circuit Exhibition of Photography TOURISM 2014, Salon Praise, Cyprus 1st International Marmaris Photo Festival International Photography Contest, FIAP Mention, Turkey 'Cyprus-Crete 2014' Photo Competition, 1st and 3rd Prize, Crete CPS Pancyprian Photo Competition 2014, Best Performance of the Competition, 2nd Prize, Honorable Mention, Cyprus 10th International Orhan Holding Photography Contest, FIAP Mention, Turkey 2nd Exhibition of Photography "CHILD”, Silver Salon Medal, Serbia 1st Exhibition of Photography 'BON VOYAGE', Salon Praise, Bulgaria 2013 The 5th International Photo Contest "Peace Is Children's Rights", FIAP Bronze Medal, Greece CPS Pancyprian Photo Competition 2013, Mention, Cyprus 2011 PhotoCyprus, SAPI, Award of Exellence, Cyprus Thirsty Photo Architecture and Buildings Competition, Honorable Mention 2010 II. Oztan Ozatay Photography Exhibition, Winner, Cyprus 2009 XIX. State Photography Exhibition, Winner, Cyprus