Damyan Doumanov

Projects



Books


  • Istanbul Surface Encounters
  • Paperback
  • And Other Views
  • The Waves of Time
  • GOOD NEWS

Archives


  • Istanbul, TR
  • Danube river, AU
  • Valley of the Shadow Moon, BG
  • The Italian Connection, IT
  • Paris, FR
  • 30 Polaroids for Modern Prose, AU
  • Rejuvenation, BG
  • Test prints, AU

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Galata Bridge, 2025


The project focuses on the iconic fishermen of the Galata Bridge in Istanbul, reimagining their daily rituals in ab- stract forms and transforming familiar scenes into ethereal, dreamlike compositions.

Fishermen, rendered in silhouette against the expanse of the sky, serve as a poignant embodiment of two distinct yet intertwined elements. On the one hand, they represent the unwavering resilience of time-honored traditions, which have withstood the test of centuries and continue to res- onate in the collective consciousness. On the other hand, these fishermen are also a vivid representation of the per- petual flux and dynamism characteristic of urban environ- ments, where the rhythms of daily life are in constant, rapid transition. Through the capture of their gestures, shadows, and movements, the project distills these fleeting moments into evocative cyan-blue tones.