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PHILOSOPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, vol.16, no.2, pp.223-240, 2025 (ESCI)
Feminist photography in Turkey operates at the intersection of artistic expression and political resistance, navigating a landscape shaped by patriarchal norms, authoritarian governance and a rigid educational infrastructure. This article explores how such visual practices challenge the dominant photographic education system in Turkey-one rooted in technocratic modernism that privileges technical mastery over critical, embodied and inclusive approaches to image-making. The work of emerging photographer Cansu Y & imath;ld & imath;ran, whose practice is shaped by feminist and queer sensibilities, enables an analysis of Delivered Intellect to: alternative photographic aesthetics and methods which suggest modes of resistance. In voicing personal and collective forms of marginalization in this context, Y & imath;ld & imath;ran's photographs implicitly critique its conventions of photography education. This, I argue, offers a counter-model that emphasizes performativity, vulnerability and lived experience and opens a critical space that invites more inclusive pedagogical possibilities.