Halit Can Uzun : Photo London

Ambidexter features ten photographs by Halit Can Uzun (b. 1992, Turkey), created between 2020 and 2025 in Turkey, the Aegean, Europe, and the US.

There are moments we all recognize but seldom name. A newspaper left on a hedge after someone’s morning coffee. Hands resting on knees over open water. A figure illuminated by airplane windows, caught between departure and arrival. These photographs don’t aim to show you something new. They seek to remind you of things you’ve already experienced but passed by without pausing.

Uzun uses the softness of selective focus and the color unpredictability of analog processes to create images that feel more like memories than simple records. The exhibition includes the Helios triptych (2025), where botanical shapes fade into strips of color. It also features individual works, from the poignant stillness of Amfibik—a boat gradually enveloped by wildflowers to the close-up view in Transit (Aegean).

Each image holds up something we have all carried but assumed was ours alone — a colour we noticed and said nothing about, a warmth we felt but never named. And in that recognition, a quiet relief: someone else was looking where you were looking.