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Exploration is a game. Game is to find the hidden. We are surrounded by them. Look at the details.
We all find, we all collect, we all invent. Take it, use it, reuse it. Change it.
Together we are stronger. Look around, see them, help them. Get involved.
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Izmir, tatlı ve sevgili şehrim, Bir gün şayet senden uzakta ölürsem, Beni sana getirsinler. Fakat mezarıma götürülürken, Öldü demesinler, uyuyor desinler, Tatlı İzmir’im. Dario Moreno 8
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Bostanli, Izmir Satellite view, map view, line drawing
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This place here is where I explored and found. It is where my journey took place. It is also my hometown, where I grew up.. A place full of hidden beauties and memories. Bostanli, Izmir...
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White lines represent the roads where I took a walk everyday throughout my exploration journey. The drawn circles were my most visited locations.
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A close-up photo from the back of a seat in a ferry boat. Ferry is one of the most used transportations in Izmir.
becomes a part of you, and wherever you go, it follows you.
Whilst on the ferry, whether you have a destination or just enjoying the scenery, you can lose yourself in the beautiful view of Izmir seascape and to the sounds of waves. If you are from Izmir, the sea
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If you have ever been to Turkey, especially Izmir, you would know that stray cats and dogs are everywhere. In this beautiful little district in Izmir called Bostanli, every street you walk through has some sort of handmade cat or dog houses made
by locals, toys and food bowls. Even though sometimes it breaks your heart to see them in the streets, hungry and needing love, they are the joy and the sparkle of the city.
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Mosques are a big part of the culture in Turkey. You can see the structures surrounded by traditional motifs and decorations. As well as important religious places, mosques are beautiful pieces of architecture.
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This map is a fun way to discover an area, filled with recommendations according to different categories of things to do. It is not designed for only foreigners, but also the locals who want to try new things.
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“Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.” — Mark Twain We use objects all the time, without even realising we do. In this section, I explore some everyday objects, bringing a different perspective onto them.
experienced before, rather than what they really look like.
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LED light bulb, upside down 437672 12V 50/60Hz 4.6W 570mA
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Sometimes examining an object from different angles, looking at them close-up and from far away, under a light and in the dark, they can resemble different things. In this particular object, an LED light bulb as shown in the previous spread, it reminded me of a historical building. In this image, I collaged it into a photograph of a cityscape of Dubrovnik, a city in southern Croatia. The Collection
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Here in this digital collage, two paint brushes become a pair of grill tongs.
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Who are we looking at? In this section, I well-known charity looked into two organisation, has organisations; -not unexpectedlyOXFAM and bigger problems. Octavia Foundation. While being able Exploring the to get funded for contrasting statuses campaigns and and positions, I projects easier, they was able to identify also have more different type visibility. They have of problems and to be transparent how both systems with everything affected the people they do. in different ways. Octavia Foundation, OXFAM, being the on the contrary, is larger and more a more local and
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community based organisation that is completely dependent on the support of volunteers and giving to each other. They provide help to locals who are in need while working on creating awareness on certain social issues, including community’s problems and individual support.
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OXFAM is one of the most popular charity organisations in the world. They have countless branches, in many different locations around the world. Their main aim is to end poverty, but they campaign in areas that cover almost every single
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problem that is currently occurring in the world, including providing clean water, fighting climate change, responding to emergencies, health and educational service, justice for gender inequality and dealing with Coronavirus.
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As an internationally known organisation, OXFAM has a large circle of connections. There are so many ways for one to get involved in order to help their causes. I looked into campaigners and their roles within a team at OXFAM.
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Who is the campaigner? Here is a penned persona profile of someone working as a campaigner at OXFAM. The highlights of the profile are her
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Octavia Foundation, in contrast to OXFAM is a community based, local focused charity organisation. Their mission is to provide opportunities for those who are unemployed, alone, with ill health and low income. They try to build stronger and happier communities. One of their many successful projects is BASE, a creative learning centre created in 2011, to give opportunities, support and empowerment to children, young 64
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