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The Red Dome #3

Kastellorizo (a.k.a. Megisti) is a small Greek island a few miles away from the Turkish coast. Every time I visit Kaş, the Turkish coastal town, I take a ferry to visit this small island.

On my first trip to Kastellorizo, I was on the deck of the ferry with my camera to capture photos of the island. The first thing that caught my attention was a red dome. As the ferry approached closer, I figured out that it was a mosque with a red dome. The colorful houses aligned by the bay next to the mosque were like a vibrant welcome ceremony to the visitors. They all reminded me of a beautiful painting as if they were carefully positioned by the painter.

Then I visualized how beautiful they would look with a pinkish red sunset sky and at that moment I was determined to take a sunset photo of this beautiful place. As I had to return before sunset, I made my mind up to visit the island one more time for this photo.

I also thought that the frame I visualized went along with the name of the island. Kastellorizo comes from one of its old names Castel Rosso, named by the castle on the red rocks of the island.

A few months later, I arranged another trip to the island. This time, I also organized my schedule, so I could be there at sunset. Just as I visualized, at sunset, the sky turned into a pink-red color and painted the sea with pink accents. In the background, the Turkish coast formed beautiful layers.

Creator

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Pelin Genc

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Pelin Genç is a multi-disciplinary photographer. Her main areas of interest are landscape, architectural street and minimalist photography. She has a passion for long exposures and likes to blend her long exposure style in all genres she works on.

She likes to use soft, calming colors and a simple, clean, minimalist style in her long exposure photographs.

In her B&W work, she blends her minimalist style with use of graphics, light, shadows and contrast.

She looks for beauty, aesthetics and visually appealing scenes and photographs them. What inspires Pelin most is being able to display and demonstrate such beauty to viewers as a photographer.

Since 2017, her works have been displayed at various exhibitions in Turkiye, on minimalist, street and landscape photography. Some of her works were published and awarded.

Her photos were displayed in NFT exhibitions in 2022 and 2023. (incl. NFT NYC and several exhibitions in Rome, Bali and Beijing).

She has two IRL exhibitions in Q1-2024.

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Extended Editorial

Location

Kastellorizo (Megisti), Greece

Subject

Travel

Genre

Travel

Genre

Landscape

Camera

Nikon D750

Artist

Pelin Genc

Edition

3/20

Dimensions

5820x3880

Filetype

JPG

License

Extended Editorial

Can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of participants. The license includes unlimited use and display in virtual or physical galleries, documentaries, and essays by the NFT holder. Provides no rights to create commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works.

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