Namus

Namus is the Arabic word of a concept of an ethical category. A virtue, in Middle Eastern patriarchal character which means “fidelity to the moral rules in a society”. It represents a gender-specific category of relations within a family described in terms of honour, respectability, and modesty. This series is part of a project consisting of six portraits. December 2013, Geneva.

Caglar Gezer was born in Istanbul. As a non-professional self -taught photographer, his humanistic approach to life is reflected in his black and white photographs, providing an unparalleled aesthetic viewpoint. The goal of his each project is to develop a body of image which allows him to transfer a visual knowledge of a specific human social event to the viewer.