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

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

Persongalleriet #389: Istanbul in the Rain

It was really, cold, wet and windy on the streets of Istanbul today! At lunchtime, the damp was down to my underwear, which was when I gave up for the day. I was freezing! But before that it was amazing! Found some really steep, rugged, backstreets near my hotel which gave me a lot of opportunities. I hope it shows, at least in some of the shots!

You'd better hold on to that cheap crumbling umbrella!

Please enlarge to see how much it's raining!

As long as your hair is dry!

That's it, folks!

Niklas

Persongalleriet #388: Istanbul Metro

For my morning post today, I'll show a few shots from a short subway ride from Taksim to  Vezneciler. I'll keep it short 'cause I long to get back out on the streets!  :-)

I liked the colours in this last one, so I kept them!  :-)

Be well, everybody!

Niklas

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.

Now it's time for dinner. I'll get back to you later!

Niklas