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…
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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…
How many memories disappear with him ? It is a whole part of photographic history that disappears. It is sad, very sad. The sound of coins for the coffee machine…
It’s difficult not to feel deeply moved by the passing of Göksin Sipahioglu, founder of SIPA Press and one of photojournalism’s great adventurers. Others called him “Sipa” but his photographers,…
Every day for more than thirty years I passed by your office on my way home to say, “Goodbye, Göksin.” Your office was the heart of SIPA. We spent three-quarters…
A friend had advised to have the films I had shot in Koweit processed in the new E6 lab of Sipa press in the Rue Roquepinne in Paris…