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Ci Demi (b. 1986, Istanbul, Turkey) is a photographer based in Istanbul. He studied Italian Language and Literature at Istanbul University. At 28, he discovered photography.
His photographs have been featured in prominent publications like Foam Magazine and the British Journal of Photography. 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 book, “Şehir Fikri” (Notion of a City, 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 personal 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—the colour palette he employs is crucial to his storytelling. Drawing inspiration from 1970s cinema, especially Italian giallos, he meticulously crafts a sense of “quiet tension” through his use of colour.
