Turkish artist goes viral with stark misery/comfort images


  • TECH
  • Friday, 14 Jun 2019

Turkish artist Ugur Gallenkus works with his laptop at his home on April 14, 2019 in Istanbul. - With over half a million followers on Instagram, and thousands more on Facebook and Twitter, 29-year-old Ugur Gallenkus has stirred a huge reaction by juxtaposing photos of misery in war-torn countries with the comforts of the West. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

ISTANBUL: A Starbucks cup merging with a crowd around a dried-up well, or a yacht spliced with a boat full of refugees: powerful collages by a Turkish artist have taken the Internet by storm. 

With over half a million followers on Instagram and thousands more on Facebook and Twitter, 29-year-old Ugur Gallenkus has stirred a huge reaction by juxtaposing photos of misery in war-torn countries with the comforts of the West. 

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