156 pp, b/w photos, pb, in Turkish-English bilingual.
For Banier the streets are not just places where he takes photographs but at the same time his studio. Camera in hand he impulsively plunges into life, sometimes in the streets of Paris, sometimes in cities in other countries. For him the reality of life is more creative than the created. His portrait photographs, whether they depict people who are unknown, or artists and other famous figures, are masterpieces of light, expression and graphic balance. His portraits capturing people ranging from Beckett to Nicole Kidman completely expose their natural state. As he clicks the shutter release, everything is not over but instead newly beginning. It may cost Banier years for these photographs to mature and be accepted. He never views photography as capturing a frozen moment. At the end of the 1980s Banier began writing directly onto the image in seemingly disorganized sentences arranged one after the other or linked together, telling stories that might be dramatic, cheerful or melancholy. His photographs thereby acquired a completely new appearance and new story. Consequently these photographs are not observed in the ordinary way. Instead they sweep you into them and make you a part of the story. The words both alter the image and lend a completely different dimension of creativity. Banier began to combine writing, painting and photography in his work. Ink, paint and drawing are the new episodes in moments and stories that he captured in the past.
