Berk Kır (b. 1997, Istanbul) is a multifaceted practitioner who integrates the roles of art historian, researcher, and artist. His work engages with image theory, conceptual thought, and object-oriented ontology, focusing on the layered dynamics between the body, gender, and urban environments. For Kır, photography is not merely a tool for documentation, but an extension of his physical and intellectual presence—a medium through which he expresses long-term observation and spatial inquiry.
From 2019 to 2024, he served as a brand ambassador for Samsung Turkey, contributing to digital content development. In 2021, he was recognized as one of the 100 new generation talents in European photography by Guide to Unique Photography in Amsterdam. In 2022, he received the prestigious Young Talent of the Year award from the Association of Photography Organizations. He currently works as the photography editor at Unlimited Publications.
Kır’s practice blurs the boundaries between visual narration and research, investigating how objects and images shape perception, memory, and spatial identity. As a visible and seeing subject, he positions photography as an extension of his bodily experiences in urban life. Rather than capturing singular moments, his photographs serve as accumulations of temporal observation. Objects collected during his walking routes in various parts of the world—and their shifting meanings across geographies—form the core of his inquiry.
He explores photography not only as representation but as an object in itself. Deeply engaged with queer theory, his work resists fixed forms and norms, revealing subtle gestures of opposition in visual language. Photography, biographical in nature for Kır, becomes a lens through which he navigates both his surroundings and himself—always looking outward to understand the inner. His process is rooted in the fluidity of time, revealing layers that often remain invisible in everyday perception.