Olgaç Bozalp

In what ways does nature inspire or inform your work?

I am more inspired by how nature shapes culture. How we respond to our climate, and surroundings frames our personality. Geographically speaking, people in cities can be more individualist, whereas in remote locations where resources are more scarce, people come together forming a bigger sense of community. I like to capture people in their environments, it tells a lot about who they are.

What does it mean to you to be part of a thriving ecosystem?

Given the situation happening right now with the COVID-19 virus, our ecosystem has benefitted from the lack of industrial manufacturing, less traffic and air travel, our CO2 emissions have improved significantly. If we continue to be conscious of our impact on the planet then perhaps coming out of this we will eventually have a thriving ecosystem.