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Şeyh Şaban-ı Veli Complex
Şeyh Şaban-ı Veli Complex, Kastamonu · November 2020 · 18 frames
Fujifilm GFX 50R · GF 50mm f/3.5
The monumental center built from the 1490s onward in the name of Hz. Pir Şeyh Şaban-ı Veli, considered one of Anatolia's four great spiritual poles, and later developed into a complex. With its mosque, tomb, dervish lodge houses, graveyard, library and healing Asa Spring, it is the spiritual heart of Kastamonu.
Documented with the Fujifilm GFX 50R and GF50mm f/3.5, this series features the complex's peaceful stone courtyard, wooden vernacular architecture and tomb, as well as the mosque's monumental portal, geometric interlaced wooden minbar, mother-of-pearl inlaid preaching chair and large crystal chandelier.
The monumental center built from the 1490s onward in the name of Hz. Pir Şeyh Şaban-ı Veli, considered one of Anatolia's four great spiritual poles, and later developed into a complex. With its mosque, tomb, dervish lodge houses, graveyard, library and healing Asa Spring, it is the spiritual heart of Kastamonu.
Documented with the Fujifilm GFX 50R and GF50mm f/3.5, this series features the complex's peaceful stone courtyard, wooden vernacular architecture and tomb, as well as the mosque's monumental portal, geometric interlaced wooden minbar, mother-of-pearl inlaid preaching chair and large crystal chandelier.
Frame list and shooting details
- 01 Courtyard gate with tughra-inscribed plaque.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 125
- 02 Domed tomb and courtyard.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/16 · 1/80s · ISO 200
- 03 Portal and wooden door leaf.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 640
- 04 Calligraphy panel and shoe racks.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 640
- 05 Large crystal chandelier and mihrab wall.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 640
- 06 Geometric interlaced wooden minbar.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 07 Star-interlaced woodwork on the minbar's side panel.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 08 Minbar door and finial.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 09 Mother-of-pearl inlaid preaching chair.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 10 Inlay and carving details of the preaching chair.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 11 Chandeliers and prayer hall; minbar on the right.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 12 Chandeliers and oil lamps in the prayer hall.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 13 A person praying under the chandeliers and the minbar.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 14 Wooden gallery and calligraphy panel.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 15 View of the ceiling chandelier from below.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
- 16 The courtyard and the surrounding wooden mansions.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/13 · 1/80s · ISO 200
- 17 The minaret and lodge buildings.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/6.4 · 1/80s · ISO 200
- 18 View from the window into the dim interior.
GF 50mm f/3.5 · 40 mm equiv. · f/3.5 · 1/80s · ISO 2000
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