Vintage Istanbul – in pictures

The Magnum photographer Ara Güler was born in Istanbul in 1928 to ethnic Armenian parents. His images of his home city take viewers back in time through an Istanbul that has changed at breakneck speed
  
  


Vintage Istanbul: 1950, Kumkapi fishermen returning to port in the first light of dawn
Kumkapi fishermen returning to port in the first light of dawn, 1950 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: 1958, People sitting talking beside a coffee bar in a Beyoglu arcade
Customers at a coffee bar in a Beyoglu arcade, 1958 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: 1958, Stork and people in the courtyard of the Eyüp Sultan tombs
In the courtyard of the Eyüp Sultan tombs, 1958 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: 1965, old open-air fish restaurants on the Eminönü shore of the Golden Horn
Open-air fish restaurants on the Eminönü shore of the Golden Horn, 1965 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: 1970, Uskudar
On the waterfront in the district of Üsküdar, 1970 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: 1970, Zeyrek
Street vendor in the district of Zeyrek, 1970 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: 1971, Eminonu
Ferry service at Eminönü, 1971 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: Istanbul street scene, 1968
Istanbul street scene, 1968 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: Istanbul street scene, 1968
Traditional wooden Ottaman-era house, 1968 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
Vintage Istanbul: Zeyrek, 1974
Simit vendor, Zeyrek, 1974 Photograph: Ara Guler/Magnum
 

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