Cİ DEMİ (1986) lives and works in İstanbul.
He studied Italian Language and Literature at Istanbul University. At 28, he discovered photography.
His work explores the psychogeography of Istanbul, intricately weaving together intimate narratives of the city's landscape with his own lived experiences. While he adopts a documentarian approach to his images (ensuring they are always unaltered and unstaged), his use of colour to convey a “quiet tension” is prominent in his work.
His photographs have been featured in prominent platforms like Foam Magazine, the British Journal of Photography, Nowness, among many others. Demi's work has been showcased at renowned festivals and venues, including Les Rencontres d'Arles and Istanbul's Pera Museum.
In 2022, his series 'Unutursan Darılmam' (No Offence If You Forget, 2018-2024) was selected as the winner of Discovery Awards at Encontros da Imagem photography festival.
Onagöre published Demi's debut photobook, 'Şehir Fikri' (Notion of a City, December 2022), an eerie portrayal of Istanbul marked by the absence of people, animals, and language. Inspired by Georges Perec's oulipo novel 'La Disparition' (A Void, 1969), the book focuses on the city's haunting essence. His second photobook, 'Unutursan Darılmam' will be published by FiLBooks some time in 2025.
He’s a member of Connected Archives and an affiliate of PLATFORM by GAPO.
