Selen Ermanav, Photographer
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Dance, Photography, Choreography |
| Location | Los Angeles, United States |
| Introduction | I am a photographer, with a dance background. I've dedicated my life to various forms of art in addition to my professional marketing life. I began my creative studies in dance and choreography at the age of 13. I later went onto study dance in college to get a B.A. from the prestigious CSULB dance department. I have always had an affinity to photography even at a young age however it wasn't till my dance rehearsals that I decided to reintroduced film photography into my life and in-cooperating it into my dances. I worked a lot with double exposure. I had continued to have an interest in the expression, but it didn't become serious till after college. I produced shows, choreographed, worked in marketing and made additional money by taking headshots of friends that were actors and dancers. I decided to take photography classes at UCLA to further my interest. In 2015 I decided to join my husband, Salim Demirel, another talented photographer to take professional shots for weddings and portraits of artists. Currently, I mostly take cooperate photos while I work as a marketing associate and continue with Fine Art/ Editorial/Portrait photography when time permits. |
| Interests | Dance, Food, Photography, Art, Travel, Yoga, Dance, Choreography, Theater |
| Favorite Movies | Drive, PINA, Cinema Paradiso, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Inception, The Tree of Life, The Fall, The Life Aquatic, BLUE VALENTINE, Life in a Day, Black Swan, Amores perros, Bad Education, Midnight In Paris, Enter The Void, Intacto Contact, Borat |
| Favorite Music | Santigold, Storm Large, Prince, Goldfrapp The Knife, The xx Pink Martini, Empire of the Sun Jun, Phoenix, Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Zoe Keating, Empire of the Sun, Panty Raid, Björk, Miss Jill Scott, Fever Ray, Trentemøller, Uh Huh Her, Florence Welch, Deva Premal, Feist, Erica Badu, Hot Chip, Prince, Muse, Sade, The Beatles, Zap Mama, Nelly Furtado, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Yo-Yo Ma, Depeche Mode, Miles Davis, Chicane, LuCent doSsieR Experience, Juanes, Justin Timberlake, A Tribe Called Quest, Nouvelle Vague, Michael Bublé, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach, Mozart, PJ Harvey, David Bowie, Black keys |
| Favorite Books | FREE PLAY, The Alchemist, The Little Prince, The Prophet, Siddhartha, lots of dance and photo books and some street art books ... |