Sirkhane Darkroom seeks funds for photography lessons after Turkey earthquake

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The project has been teaching refugee children photography and darkroom skills since 2019. (Photo courtesy of Sirkhane Darkroom)

Sirkhane Darkroom, a Turkish initiative that teaches refugee children photography skills, is raising funds to continue photography workshops after the devastating Turkish earthquake in February.

The initiative, run by Syrian photographer Serbest Saleh since 2017, brings local and refugee children together through filming workshops, teaching children to take and develop images.

After the devastation of the earthquake earlier this year — which killed nearly 60,000 people and displaced more than two million across Turkey and Syria — Salih and publisher DoBeDo set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to continue operations of the mobile darkroom.

The campaign reached its $10,000 goal this week, and will start running workshops next week. Fundraising page still active for more donations.

The GoFundMe page says the project builds on “the power of photography to help refugee children tell their story, and the project encourages them not only to use photography as a language and therapeutic method, but also as an activity to help them integrate into their new surroundings and connect with other children in their new communities.”

The page continues: “These funds will go towards the purchase of materials needed for the workshops, such as films and cameras, and contribute to the increased logistical expenses of fuel and car rental allowing Serbest to travel to the affected areas across the country.”

Sirkhane Darkroom, based in the southern Turkish city of Mardin, has held exhibitions of photos taken by the children and has also released several books of their photographs.

Sirkhane Darkroom shared the following photos with Kosmo Foto taken by children attending recent workshops after the February earthquake.

I am the founder and editor of Kosmo Foto.

I’m a New Zealander living in London since the mid 90’s, and have been shooting film seriously since 2000. Kosmo Foto launched in 2012 and has been a film brand ever since, with the release of my first films, the Kosmo Foto Mono 35mm (2017) and the Kosmo Foto Mono 120 ( 2019).

I do everything I can to promote film photography in the 21st century, and help it survive and thrive. If you want to write something for Kosmo Foto, please email me at [email protected].

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