Born in 1965 in Denizli, Sakir Gökçebag is a Turkish photographer and installation artist. In 1987 he graduated from the Faculty of Fine Art at Marmara University; he then went on to complete his masters degree 1990 and his doctoral degree in 1994. He has taken part in many group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad, as well as many of his own solo exhibitions. In 1991, Gökçebag won the second prize in the State Painting and Sculpture Competition in Ankara. He was also awarded the Markus Lüpertz Prize by Düsseldorf Academy in 1996.

In particular, Gökçebag’s geometric food art inspires me for the Everyday Geometry project. One of my initial ideas was to use fruit for this project, and viewing this photographer’s work has shown me how successful, unique images can be made even with quite simplistic objects. He arranges and organises various fruits and vegetables into striking patterns and displays, without the use of digital manipulation. This has encouraged me to produce geometric shapes in the “real world” without relying on Photoshop or other digital manipulation software, which can be very tempting to do in the digital age. This will also give a more authentic feel to my images.