When former French President Jacques Chirac decorated Göksin with the French Legion d'Honneur in 2007, he declared: "Mr Göksin Sipahioglu, founder of Sipa Press, the greatest photo agency in the…
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His family name conjured the image of the spahi, the soldiers who went to war on horseback. His towering, lordly, sinewy stature made him a natural leader, both in the…
Göksin Sipahioglu died today. Long live the king! He was the king as a pioneer photojournalist, the king in shrewd business deals, the king at engineering a news ” coup”,…
Göksin Sipahioglu evokes for me that imposing presence worthy of deference, not only for his allure, his imposing height – 6ft tall – and his age – 30 years my…
It was a long time ago in the early eighties, when I was responsible for photography at Libération. We were a poor newspaper whose audience did not reflect the economic…
I am really sure of something Goksin we are going to miss you. There are many, many of us who came to see you and asked for something that…
Göksin will be for all of us the sun of our early years. This sentence is from Alain Mingan, he knew and worked for the three mystical French Photo agencies…
My name is Paul Kwiatkowski. My photo essay, And Every day was overcast is about growing up in the 90s amongst the swamps and strip malls of South Florida.…
My name is Rowynn Michelle Dumont. I consider myself a visual storyteller. Telling a story to me is like eating a good meal. You savor the flavor and the…