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Celalettin Berberoğlu, who has been in the family business continuing for three generations, is a 51-year-old felt craftsman. He and his wife Kübra Berberoğlu have two children. Celalettin has the title of “felt artist” given by the Ministry of Culture. He works in his workshop in an old restored Konya house in Konya, near Türbeönü. He learned classical felt craft from his father and the modern felt craft with his own effort. "Suf" means wool, suf-i means "wearing wool cloths". It is said that one of the first textile products that humanity started to use after they settled down is felt. While doing this work, we saw that the story of the felt and the story of the human are very similar. We felt and learned that Celalettin made the use of "us" rather "I", patience, and rhythm and creativity parts of his life.
Adnan Küçük was born in Konya in 1975 and is married with one child. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Konya. He graduated from Selçuk University, Department of Business Administration. He was raised as a whirling dervish in 1990 and served as a guest artist in the Ministry of Culture Konya Turkish Sufi Music and sema ensemble. He is currently working as a business owner at the head of a private company's Konya-Karaman-Aksaray Authorized Service Center. His acquaintance with photography started with a camera with the movie Minolta SR-1, which he took from his father's journalist friend and gifted him in middle school years. Konfad continues with its professional training support and preserves my amateur spirit on the first day. For photography itself; He defines the moment he witnesses and experiences as an immortal and to leave a mark on himself.
Alp Meral, born in 1982 in Kayseri, is the first child of a parents-teacher family. He is married and has a child. After completing his primary, secondary and high school education in Kayseri, he started his career by completing his mechanical engineering education at Erciyes University Engineering Faculty. His acquaintance with photography is based on the photo studio of a friend who is his father's photo studio. The first camera is a Fujika ST-601 with a movie, where his father earned his pocket money by taking photos in hospitals, parks and entertainment areas when he was a student years ago. Receiving various exhibitions and honorable awards in national and international photography competitions, Alp Meral states that his real adventure started after Nevşehir Municipality 3rd International Photography Competition Honorable Mention.