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Ergenç Mehmet Korkmazel 1972 yılında, Kıbrıs’ın Baf kazasında doğdu. Kendisini ifade edebileceği bir sanat dalı olarak fotoğrafçılıkla ilk temaslarını, 1992-2004 yılları arasında yaptığı yolculuklarda gerçekleştirdi. Fotoğrafçılıkla ilgili ilk ciddi adımları ise, üyesi olduğu Marmaris Fotoğraf Derneği (MARFOT) bünyesinde attı.
2004 yılında, yerleşmek için doğduğu yere dönen Ergenç Mehmet, o zamandan beridir profosyonel olarak fotoğrafçılıkla uğraşıyor. Bu süre zarfında, çeşitli karma fotoğraf segilerine katıldı, belgesel nitelikli bir fotoğraf çalışması olan “Stavrokonno” kitabını yayımladı ve “Koka Yaprakları ve Kokonat” isimli, Latin Amerika’dan Asya’ya, seyahat ettiği ülkelerin kültürel zenginliklerine göndermelerde bulunmayı amaçlayan, ilk kişisel fotoğraf sergisini, sırasıyla Baf ve Lefkoşa’da açtı. Bazı fotoğrafları kitap kapağı olarak kullanıldı. Şu sıralar, “Baf 2017 - Avrupa’nın Kültür Başkenti” projesinin resmi fotoğrafçılığını yapıyor.

Ergenc Mehmet Korkmazel was born 1972 in Paphos, Cyprus. From 1992 till 2004 he left Cyprus to travel around the world, where he was intrigued first time by photography as an art of expression. He started his first steps with photography in Turkey as a member of Marmaris Photography Association (MARFOT).
In 2004 he returned to settle down in his born place where up till now he is working as a professional photographer. In between he has participated in several photography group exhibitions, published a photography documentary book called “Stavrokonnou”, did his first solo exhibition “Coca leafs and Coconut” concerning the cultural wealth of the countries he visited from Latin America to Asia, in Nicosia and Paphos and some of his photos have been used as book covers. Lately he was one of the official photographers for the “Paphos 2017 Cultural Capital of Europe”.

O Ergenc Mehmet Korkmazel γεννήθηκε το 1972 στην Πάφο της Κύπρου. Απο το 1992 μέχρι το 2004 άφησε την Κύπρο για να ταξιδέψει στον κόσμο, όπου για πρώτη φορά του κίνησε το ενδιαφέρον η τέχνη της φωτογραφίας σαν μέσο έκφρασης. Ξεκίνησε τα πρώτα του βήματα με την φωτογραφία στη Τουρκία μέσω του φωτογραφικού ομίλου των Μαρμάρων (MARFOT).
Το 2004 επέστρεψε για να εγκατασταθεί μόνιμα πλέον στην πόλη που γεννήθηκε όπου μέχρι σήμερα εργάζεται επαγγελματικά με τη φωτογραφία. Απο τότε έχει συμμετάσχει σε διάφορες ομαδικές εκθέσεις φωτογραφίας, έχει εκδώσει ένα βιβλίο με φωτογραφίες ντοκουμέντα με το όνομα “Σταυροκόννου”, έκανε την πρώτη του ατομική έκθεση φωτογραφίας “Φύλλα κόκας και Ινδική καρύδα” με θέμα τον πολιτισμικό πλούτο των χωρών που επισκεύθηκε απο την Λατινική Αμερική μέχρι την Ασία, στην Λευκωσία και στη Πάφο και φωτογραφίες του χρησιμοποιήθηκαν σαν εξώφυλλο σε βιβλία. Προσφάτως ήταν ενας απο τους επίσημους φωτογράφους για το “Πάφος 2017 Πολιτιστική Πρωτεύουσα της Ευρώπης”.