Glass Plate Negatives & Old Prints

I Opened the Box..Came out Our Worries..

2009-12-12T11:44:00.007+02:00

From my collection; 10x15 glass plates (photographic plates) box.

Following the photographer’s footsteps, it is very exciting to share the photographs which I transferred to digital from the technology of their time, “Glass Plates”...

Would they ever dream that their work will be found and shared by photo lovers all around the world on internet after almost 90..100 years..?
This group comprise photos taken at the ceremonies of 23rd April; Independence and Children's Day. A small compilation from the days we all lived in excitement..Children and worries in the childhood..hope you like them.
With my gratitude for the visitors of my pages.."Using the facilities brought by today’s technology.

Camera..

2009-12-11T14:57:00.012+02:00

Voigtlander Compur. Circa 1920's
Photograph(dia positive): Zeynep Orhon Targaç

For me,

There are three machines,

Three ,

Sewing machine,

Type writer

Camera,

The others,

Well, my dear,
They are ordinary machines..

Poet, Halim Şefik (1913-1990)

Worries..Concerning Learning..

2009-12-11T14:52:00.004+02:00

Period: 1920-1940
Photographer: Salih Topuz, Tire, İzmir

Worries..Concerning National Days..

2009-12-11T14:43:00.004+02:00

Between: 1920-1940
Photographer: Foto Şen, Tavşanlı, Kütahya

Worries..Concerning Nutrition..

2009-12-11T14:34:00.004+02:00

Between:1920-1940
Photographer: Yaşar Sanater

Worries..Concerning Marching Formation..

2009-12-11T14:29:00.004+02:00

Between: 1920-1940
Photographer: Yaşar Sanater

Worries.. Concerning the Proof of the Day..

2009-12-11T14:22:00.004+02:00

Between: 1920- 1940
Photographer: Yaşar Sanater

Worries..Concerning Ceremonies..

2009-12-11T14:14:00.007+02:00

Between:1920-1940
Photographer: Yaşar Sanater

Worries.. Concerning Looking Good..

2009-12-11T14:02:00.003+02:00

Between: 1920-1940
Photographer: Yaşar Sanater, Demirci

Worries.. Concerning Keeping the Rhythm..

2009-11-28T23:32:00.007+02:00

Period: 1920-1940
Photographer: Yaşar Sanater

Winning and Losing..

2009-11-28T23:10:00.006+02:00

Tavşanlı, Gençyurdu Sporting Club.. Is there anyone amongst you who knows the players here?

Building of Dumlupınar Stadium in 1938 provided a suitable environment for football and athletics. It is said that the Theatre-Stadium combination which was built intermittently between first century and third century AD in Aizanoi has no alike in the world...

Tavşanlı; is a town at 48 km. from the city of Kütahya. And Aizanoi is neighboring, Kütahya and Tavşanlı...

Could it be any reason for sports and theater not to improve here?

Period: 1920-1940
Photographer: Foto Şen, Tavşanlı

Children Having No Festivities.. (Bairam)..

2009-11-28T22:43:00.007+02:00

Dressing ceremony in 1932, by “ Society for the Protection of Children ”.

Photographer, dropped a note on the glass plate negative in order to express the importance of protecting and caring our children...

Children fed inadequate and not getting proper health support they deserve because of poverty... Living with the troubles caused by fragmented families... What has changed from those days up to now?

'' Society for the Protection of Children '' was founded in 1921.

Our Life; Theatre..Lights..Curtain..

2009-11-28T22:34:00.003+02:00

9.4.1926. To our actors a thunder of applause from all of us..

Between: 1920-1940
Photographer:İlhan Sanater

The Favour of Reading..2..

2009-11-28T12:50:00.005+02:00

Take a look at! the effective use of digital technologies.. A historical, glass plate negative from my perspective.. keeping up to date them with my works... how is the final result, what is your decision...

* With my special thanks to my dear friend designer Rafet Akalın, who prepeared my logo design which I used on my exhibitions & photographs..

The Favour of Reading..1..

2009-10-24T11:09:00.010+03:00

" Education is knowing science, Education is knowing himself, You don’t know yourself, What kind of an education is that ” Yunus Emre

Just as we saw in almost every photograph of those years...The book in the hands of the girl sitting in front of a set curtain on a platform decorated with a rug and flowers, symbolises the schooler girl..

Between: 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Foto Salih Topuz - Tire, İzmir.

Health and Mutual Support Awareness..

2009-10-24T10:51:00.004+03:00

Red crescent club students of The Demirci secondary school in their school uniforms decorated with armbands.

Between 1920-1930
Photographer: Foto İlhan, Demirci, Manisa

Medical Doctors 2..

2009-10-14T10:40:00.002+03:00

One other photograph taken by Dr. Kadir Erhan in Medical Faculty...Doctors and interns studying in the library.

Between 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Dr. Kadir Erhan ( Sanater)

Medical Doctors 1 ..

2009-10-14T10:34:00.005+03:00

One of the portraits taken by Dr. Kadir Erhan of lecturers and doctors in Medical Faculty.After making both of his brothers to start as photographers, Military Medical Doctor and a dedicated photographer Kadir Erhan was very happy on seeing both of his brothers begin studios in many different places of Turkey despite inconvenient conditions . The stories of this period within time will come to light just like the dark room phase of photograph....Would like you to keep watching...

Between 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Dr. Kadir Erhan ( Sanater)

Women..

2009-10-14T10:28:00.004+03:00

Cotton factory, employer and workers…

Between 1920 – 1930
Photographer: Foto Osman Sözer - Tire, İzmir

About my Glass Plates Collection..

2009-09-25T21:31:00.005+03:00

1997, “fragile collection of glass plate negatives”

After the research I made about the photograph studios existed between 1920–1960, I have brought in to light and published some of the photographs from the archives I managed to reach with their stories in the Photograph Magazine for ten years under the heading “Photograph Studios from yesterday up today”. The documents, photographs and the glass plates are the historical and social witnesses of their period and region. This work has been invited and some portion of it has been presented in digital/CD format in many universities, panels and activities related to photography. With the aim of preserving the moments, places and people which if not recorded would be lost forever… With the aim of saving the memories and transferring them to new generations …In addition to building up an exceptional Glass Plate archive the likes of which are saved in museums, with this research:
* Documents I reached in various cities and towns of Anatolia which I may call memory of yesterday, vanishing rapidly as their owners;
* The stories of the photographers who also worked as photojournalists and chroniclers in the regions they lived, which are not alive today;
* The history of innovations put into practise with the establishment of The Republic;
* Precious samples of photographs from the early photograph studios to the newest ones;
are compiled.The glass plates of various sizes contained in my project, which is aiming the collection to be preserved and to be transferred to future, are scanned at both high and low resolutions and archived in DVD’s. It is of utmost importance for me that this work which took years to complete to be published oneday and to reach everyone.

From Glass Plate Negatives to Digital Print..

2009-09-25T21:25:00.008+03:00

2007, ‘’That Moment Will Not Ever Come Back”

With the contributions and support of the Chamber of İstanbul Professional Photographers (İSFO) and FOCUS Digital Photography..
The poster of my exhibition, consisting of the 30x45 cm. prints of 70 glass plates selected from Part-1 of my collection named “Dünden Bugüne Fotoğrafhaneler–1” which belong to time segment between 1924–1960, printed using digital laser printing technology..

Exhibition: 12 - 15 April 2007, ‘’Photo & Digital 07’’,
Photography and Digital Imaging Technologies Exhibition met viewers in Istanbul Exhibition Center, Gallery 9-10 Yeşilköy.

Binge..

2009-09-25T21:14:00.002+03:00

..."Won’t upset the stomach! Won’t give a headache! Won’t make thirsty!” The best of Raki, made of best grapes and rested long enough...

Between 1920 – 1930.

Do You Prefer the Tea Strong?..

2009-09-25T21:07:00.003+03:00

Photographer, framed a tea shop. In the photograph various trays, water pipes, cups and glasses, tea shop owner and his footboy, at the background the photograph of a popular actress of the time and a portrait of Atatürk is seen. Those belt buckles are shining so bright..I wonder if they both have the same buckles..

Between: 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Foto İlhan - Demirci, Manisa.

Butterfly Collectors..

2009-09-25T20:58:00.002+03:00

Resolution:‎ 3256x3304 pixels, File size: 5.13MB, File format/jpeg

Members of the Butterfly Collectors Club of Demirci.
They have reached eternity with this photograph.

Between 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Foto İlhan – Demirci, Manisa

..Glass Plate Negative..

2009-09-19T15:19:00.006+03:00

Boating on river Meriç.

Photographer; Foto Behçet, Edirne,

Between:1920-1940

9x13 cm. Glass Plate Negative

Photograph: Zeynep Orhon Targaç /2009

Old Photographs from Country !! Documents..

2009-09-19T15:11:00.003+03:00

Photograph: Zeynep Orhon Targaç/2009

The Most Beautiful.. Keriman Halis Ece..

2009-09-19T12:09:00.006+03:00

A portrait from Photographer’s Beauties Album. Keriman Halis was selected Miss World in the beauty contest which took place in Belgium in 1932. She was given the name “Ece” meaning queen, by Atatürk following her victory.

Between 1920 – 1930.

Photographer: Foto Süreyya – İstanbul

Violinist..

2009-09-19T11:57:00.004+03:00

A portrait of a violinist with his violin. 13. 7. 1929

Between 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Foto Yaşar – Demirci, Manisa.

Tailors Working Hard!..

2009-09-19T11:29:00.004+03:00

An image from the tailor shop. Looking at the suits on the hangers it is a period when business is good. Or is it the time after Clothing Reform I wonder?

Between 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Foto Şen - Tavşanlı, Kütahya

Father & Son & Fashion..

2009-09-19T11:25:00.003+03:00

Father and his son are keeping up with 1920’s fashion in Demirci village.

Between 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Foto İlhan – Demirci, Manisa.

First Day Ceremony of School..

2009-09-19T11:18:00.006+03:00

Girls beginning school, decorated with gold and gold wiring like brides and wearing embroided
head pieces.
Also applied henna to their fingers.. As they were sent to school with prayers in order them to read and write properly the photographer documented this special event.

Between 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Foto Yaşar - Demirci, Manisa

Women Singing Hymns...

2009-09-06T14:40:00.006+03:00

Photographer captured a theatral moment.
Women and nuns singing hymns in a greek orthodox church in Izmir…

Between: 1920 – 1930.
Photographer: Alim Urus Foto Film. İzmir

Domestic Goods Country’s Goods...

2009-09-06T14:32:00.006+03:00

Photograph taken by photographer Yaşar Sanater in Demirci town of Manisa.
Dated back to, 12.12.1932
The years which the motto “Domestic Goods, Country’s Goods, Need Everybody to use” was created..Expressing one of the new perspectives, changes brought by the Republic.
Within the scope of "Saving Week" domestic products are displayed.
Photographer, working like a news photographer captured this event which took place in the region. Probably thinking to spread the news on a local newspaper.

The amazing thing is; doesn’t it reflect the reality that is existing also in today’s world?

Between:1920-1940

Memory of Motorcycle...

2009-09-05T18:50:00.004+03:00

A special portrait in photographer’s studio.
Cemal Durak, the flute player in Tire town band posing with his motorcycle. Looking at the licence plate the number two motorcycle in Tire was owned by the band player.

Between: 1920 – 1940.
Photographer: Foto Salih Topuz – Tire, İzmir.