My name is Deniz, and I live in Wetzlar, Germany.

My main job is overseeing marketing for a company that ensures software actually works. Beyond that, I’m a sociologist, a father, a bookworm, a gardener, an occasional writer, and an amateur photographer.

As a graduate in economic sociology and sociology of finance, I’ve long explored how nature (in the philosophical sense), society, the individual, and the economic system are concretely intertwined, how ideologies arise, and what effects they can have.

This has led to writings on topics such as the far right, the culture of remembrance, queer politics, and migration, published in various journals and academic anthologies. This type of writing forces one to be precise and to stand by the substance of one’s statements, rather than simply filling page space.

Here, I primarily showcase my photographs. I shoot both digitally and analog, but I don’t make an ideology out of my choice of medium. I like the analog process, the grain—especially old Leicas—but above all, I appreciate the necessity of making a definitive decision before pressing the shutter.

If film is the wrong tool for a subject or simply impractical, think of a family outing with a stroller, I’m happy to reach for a digital camera without any false sentimentality.

This website is not a marketing tool, but rather an uncommented archive of my work.

A contact form as well as links to LinkedIn and Instagram are available for direct communication.

Feel free to get in touch.