Mustafa Dedeoğlu was born in Istanbul, in 1978. After having completed primary and secondary schools in Turkey, he left for Cyprus for university studies. Having graduated from Eastern Mediterranean University with diploma in Industrial engineering, he returned to his home city of Istanbul, where he now lives and continues creating his photography essays. He first got in touch with photography in 2006. With time his interest became ever-growing passion of his life. In his creations the artist prioritizes composition, the story, that he aims to tell, emotional value of the image and its aesthetic qualities. To Mustafa Dedeoğlu style in photography is first of all reflection of the artist's personality and philosophy in each and every photo he takes, rather than series of similar photos taken with same technique. Mustafa Dedeoğlu's works are published in various local and foreign titles on art. The artist also shares his creations through exhibitions. Mustafa Dedeoğlu has been displaying his art in Russia, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, FYROM, Greece, United States, Romania, Lithuania, Iran, Serbia, Poland, Chezch Republic, Montenegro, Slovakia, Belarus and France. EXHIBITIONS : 2018- International Festival Volzhskoye Biennale Nijniy Novgorod / RUSSIA 2017- Festival Month of Photography 2017 BRATISLAVA / SLOVAKIA 2017 - Ostrołęckie Centrum Kultury in Ostrołęka / POLAND 2017 - DK Gallery in Minsk / BELARUS 2017 - Muzej grada Perasta & Muzeji i Galerije Podgorice / MONTENEGRO 2017 - Ouil Theatre LARİSSA / GREECE 2017 - Galerie Českých Center PRAGUE / CZECH REPUBLIC 2016 - The Royal Castle Museum in Warsaw / POLAND 2016 - Kalemegdan Park Exhibition Area / BELGRADE 2015 – Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University Boston / USA 2015 – The Image Gallery Athens / GREECE 2015 – The State Museum of the History of Religion St.Petersburg / RUSSIA 2015 – Exhibition Gallery Building 2 of the SEIMAS - Vilnius/ LITHUANIA 2015 – National Village Museum Bucharest / ROMANIA 2015 – Novgorod Photography Museum Nizhny Novgorod / RUSSIA 2014 – Art Share L.A. Los Angeles / USA 2014 – Anwatin Middle School & Northwest Museum Minneapolis-Spokane / USA 2014 – Manastır Culture House Bitola / FYROM 2014 – National Gallery of Macedonia Skopje / FYROM 2014 – YEE – Turski Kulturni Centar Sarajevo Sarajevo / BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 2014 – Farhangistan-ı Honer / Saba Gallery Tehran / IRAN 2014 – Collegium Artisticum Gallery Sarajevo / BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 2014 – Kosova National Museum / KOSOVA 2014 – Kazan State Museum of Fine Arts Kazan / RUSSIA 2014 – FineArt Igualada PhotoFestival / BARCELONA 2014 – The Museum of the History of Yoshkar – Ola City Mari El Republic / RUSSIA 2014 – The Museum of the History of Yoshkar – Ola City Mari El Republic / RUSSIA 2013 – Batumi Turkish Consulate Cultural Center Batumi / GEORGIA 2013 – Institut Estudis Fotogràfics Catalunya (IEFC) / BARCELONA 2013 – Kazan Turkish Consulate Cultural Center Kazan / RUSSIA 2013 – Chuvash National Museum Chuvash / RUSSIA 2013 – FotoSoyuz Gallery Moscow / RUSSIA 2012 – Photo Vernissage St. Petersburg / RUSSIA 2011 – Free Organization Nice / FRANCE LABELS: 001 Welcome to İstanbul 2007 İstanbul 002 Maiden's Tower 2008 İstanbul 003 Umbrella 2008 İstanbul 004 Blue Mosque 2011 İstanbul 005 Puddle 2011 Ayasofya / İstanbul 006 Deep of İstanbul 2007 İstanbul 007 Painter 2011 Galata / İstanbul 008 Gentleman 2012 İstanbul 009 Football 2009 Fatih / İstanbul 010 Photo 2008 İstanbul 011 Boy 2011 Balat / İstanbul 012 Bench 2007 Golden Horn / İstanbul 013 Golden Horn 2010 İstanbul 014 Sound of İstanbul 2012 Eminönü Square / İstanbul 015 Walker 2010 Golden Horn / İstanbul 016 Sir 2011 Eminönü Square / İstanbul 017 Umbrella 2011 İstanbul 018 Memories 2012 İstanbul 019 Watch 2012 Avcılar / İstanbul 020 Look 2010 Kariye Museum / İstanbul