"Selin" is from my ongoing project "Swimmers" which is a series of black and white photographs that explores feelings of relaxation and pleasure experienced by people in water. The project stems from the my childhood memories of Summer holidays on the Aegean seaside.
I relate the experience of being enveloped in water, to what I imagine a human to experience in its prenatal state. This apparent feeling of serenity and inner balance is evident across the project, with subjects floating, moving and hanging within a liquid abyss.
Nadide Goksun (b.1967) is a Turkish/American artist working primarily with photography in New York. She is a graduate of the Bogazici University in Istanbul, the Sungshin Women's Uni. in Seoul and participates on the ICP Continuing Education Program in New York.
Goksun's work has been exhibited in several group exhibitions including Head On Photo Festival, Sydney-Australia, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Barcelona-Spain, Lens Culture’s 250 New Examples of the 21st Century Street Photography among others. Her artwork has been reproduced in The New York Times, PDN, ArtAscent and Pastiche.
Awards 2020 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers International Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain.
Winner : Women seen by Women
2019 PDN (Photo District News),Faces Portrait Photography Awards, Winner: Children
2019 PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury VT, Juried Group Show, Director’s Award,Personal Narrative
2019 Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow, Juried Group Show, Bronze Winner, Fine Art
2019 10th Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia, Portrait Prize Winner, 3rd place
2019 10th Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia, Portrait Prize,Peoples Choice,Second Runner Up
2019 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers International Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain.
Winner : Series-Children, Single-Landscapes & Seascapes, Single-Self Portrait
2018 A Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX, Juried Photography Exhibition, Director’s Award, Light
2018 New York Center for Photographic Art, Juried Group Show, Juror’s Selection, Summer
2018 ArtAscent International Art Magazine, Gold Artist Award, Happiness
2018 Texas Photographic Society, TPS27 The International Juried Competition, Second Place
2018 New York Center for Photographic Art, International Juried Photography Exhibition, Juror's Selection, Portals
