Ara Güler

The photojournalist Ara Güler, whose iconic black and white images illustrate 'Stamboul Ghosts,' was born in Istanbul in 1928, the son of an Armenian-Turkish pharmacist. In the late 1950s he became Time Life's first Near East correspondent, and was recruited by Henri Cartier-Bresson to join the young agency Magnum Photos. His photographs, a vivid record of daily life in 20th-century Istanbul, have been the subject of numerous books. A museum dedicated to his work is scheduled to open in Istanbul in 2018.