Persongalleriet #392: Spontaneous Photoshoot in the Grand Bazaar

Istanbul, April 9th 2015.
The guys in the first picture saw my camera as I was walking by. They asked me to shoot them and I did. Then another guy asked....and another and another..... It was actually a lot of fun! And I got a cup of tea!

That's my tea right there! :-)

That's it folks!

Niklas

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Persongalleriet #391: The First 7 Minutes

Istanbul, April 10th 2015.
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to meet the wonderful Mr Alphan Yilmazmaden, a great Turkish street photographer. He came to my hotel at 10 o'clock in the morning and we set out on a magical nine hour photo walk. These pictures are from the first seven minutes of those nine hours, taken in close vicinity of my hotel in a district with a lot of shoe stores. It seems a lot of new merchandise had arrived everywhere and since the shops were too small for the unpacking, they used the streets.

That's it for now!

Niklas

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Persongalleriet #390: Sirkeci Train Station

Istanbul, April 9th 2015.
Found a train station during my ramblings 'round the city in the rain. And if you're cold and wet you could always go inside....

...but if you have a funny hat-umbrella you won't be wet! :-)

There are trains here!

And an Orient Express restaurant!

And cats watching over the Istanbul Metro map.

And cats just sleeping.

And, of course, people waiting for their trains!

Bye, for now!

Niklas

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Persongalleriet #387: Istanbul, Day 1

For the benefit of my international friends at deviantArt and facebook, I'll write my "live"-blog from Istanbul in English. I hope you Swedes won't have a problem with that. You are after all in the vast majority according to the Flag Counter.

So, my first full day in Istanbul is at an end. My head is spinning with all the impressions! And my memory cards almost filled with 1122 snaps. Yesterday was just travel. Didn't take the camera out of the bag. It was almost 10 o'clock before I arrived at the hotel and I just chilled in the hotel bed with BBC World on the telly and the usual photo sites on the laptop.

Today I went for a long walk, from 8:30 am to 3 pm, with just a few stops to rest my legs and to replenish. The hotel is close to the Grand Bazaar, so that's where I started, just walking straight through it. I'll get back to it later.

Then on through the alleys to Eminönü with the ferries, bus station, the Spice Bazaar and the New Mosque. After that over the Galata Bridge and up the hill to the Galata Tower, continuing through Beyoglu to Taksim Square. Took the subway back to the University area, which is a short walk from my hotel.