I am a Turkish photojournalist based between Turkey and Ukraine. My work focuses on conflicts, migration and human rights violations around the world.
I started my journalism career covering the Syrian war in 2012. Since then, I have been working with Syrian communities in Turkey, focusing on investigations such as the exploitation of Syrian refugees by the plastics industry.
From 2018 to 2020, I worked in Hawaii, India, China, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, producing stories on human rights violations as well as human-environment interactions driven by various political, social, and cultural processes.
In 2019, I traveled to document Mexico’s vaquita porpoise, the world’s smallest, which was on the verge of extinction.
Since January 2022, I have been covering Ukraine, capturing the buildup to Russia’s war and subsequent invasion focusing on the human cost of the war.
I am a member of Agentur Focus, Germany.
General
+1 929 606 24 97 USA
Visura: EmreCaylak
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 - Shortlisted - Sienna International Photo awards
2024 - Shortlisted - Amnesty Media Awards
2023 - Finalist - Photojournalist of the year - British Journalism Awards
2023 - International Women's Media Foundation grantee
2022 - Winner of the Hostwriter prize
2022 - Winner of Tokyo International photography awards bronze - Ukraine
2021 - Winner of Tokyo International photography awards bronze - Turkey
2021 - Journalism EU grantee
2019 - Finalist - German reporter's award - Multimedia (Deutscher Reporterpreis)
2019 - “Journalismfund.eu” grantee
2018 - “Olin Grant” grantee - Netzwerk Recherche
EXHIBITIONS & WORKSHOPS
2024 - VII Academy L1 Southeastern Europe program taught by Nichole Sobecki.
2022 - "We are setting off from the streets" Exhibition - Istanbul, Turkey
2022 - "We had a normal life" exhibition by Agentur Focus and MAPS: Berlin and Hamburg.
2022 - "Ukraine" exhibition by Hémisphères: Paris
2019 - "Saving the Vaquita" Exhibition - Global Investigative Journalism Festival: Hamburg, Germany.
2017 - Photography Workshop instructed for Beyoglu municipality employees
2017 - International Center of Photography TA - Lighting Techniques: An Overview Robert Meyer
2017 - International Center of Photography TA - Narrative Photography: The Story According To You: Elizabeth Bick
2013 - Solo exhibition "Life as a refugees in Syria and Turkey". Istanbul, Turkey
I started my journalism career covering the Syrian war in 2012. Since then, I have been working with Syrian communities in Turkey, focusing on investigations such as the exploitation of Syrian refugees by the plastics industry.
From 2018 to 2020, I worked in Hawaii, India, China, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, producing stories on human rights violations as well as human-environment interactions driven by various political, social, and cultural processes.
In 2019, I traveled to document Mexico’s vaquita porpoise, the world’s smallest, which was on the verge of extinction.
Since January 2022, I have been covering Ukraine, capturing the buildup to Russia’s war and subsequent invasion focusing on the human cost of the war.
I am a member of Agentur Focus, Germany.
General
+90 534 730 84 42 (Whatsapp)
+38 066 444 13 26 UKRAINE+1 929 606 24 97 USA
Based between Kyiv and Istanbul
Licensing
Agentur Focus
Arzu Sandal - Agency manager
Burchardstr. 14
20095 Hamburg
Germany
20095 Hamburg
Germany
Visura: EmreCaylak
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 - Shortlisted - Sienna International Photo awards
2024 - Shortlisted - Amnesty Media Awards
2023 - Finalist - Photojournalist of the year - British Journalism Awards
2023 - International Women's Media Foundation grantee
2022 - Winner of the Hostwriter prize
2022 - Winner of Tokyo International photography awards bronze - Ukraine
2021 - Winner of Tokyo International photography awards bronze - Turkey
2021 - Journalism EU grantee
2019 - Finalist - German reporter's award - Multimedia (Deutscher Reporterpreis)
2019 - “Journalismfund.eu” grantee
2018 - “Olin Grant” grantee - Netzwerk Recherche
EXHIBITIONS & WORKSHOPS
2024 - VII Academy L1 Southeastern Europe program taught by Nichole Sobecki.
2022 - "We are setting off from the streets" Exhibition - Istanbul, Turkey
2022 - "We had a normal life" exhibition by Agentur Focus and MAPS: Berlin and Hamburg.
2022 - "Ukraine" exhibition by Hémisphères: Paris
2019 - "Saving the Vaquita" Exhibition - Global Investigative Journalism Festival: Hamburg, Germany.
2017 - Photography Workshop instructed for Beyoglu municipality employees
2017 - International Center of Photography TA - Lighting Techniques: An Overview Robert Meyer
2017 - International Center of Photography TA - Narrative Photography: The Story According To You: Elizabeth Bick
2013 - Solo exhibition "Life as a refugees in Syria and Turkey". Istanbul, Turkey