- Mustafa Çankaya is a photographer based in Istanbul, Turkey, who works at the Atatürk Airport by day.
- Inspired by the thousands of faces that pass him by every day, Çankaya began photographing travelers in March 2018.
- In just a few short months, his project — called "100 Faces 100 Countries"— has started to accumulate followers on Instagram for its honest and raw portraiture.
- So far, it features 117 portraits of airport travelers from 77 different countries. Çankaya's goal is to reach 100 countries.
Mustafa Çankaya is an accomplished photographer based in Istanbul, Turkey.
But by day, he works at the Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, which is where he found himself inspired by the thousands of travelers from around the world. He decided to start photographing travelers in March 2018, which turned into a project named "100 Faces 100 Countries."
Çankaya's Instagram for the project is starting to take off, and even though he's been at it for less than a year, Çankaya has already captured 117 portraits of airport travelers from 77 different countries. His end goal? To have at least 100 countries represented.
Keep scrolling to see some of the project's most striking portraits, and to learn more about the people in them.
Çankaya's passion project began in March 2018.
"I see thousands of different faces passing by every day, from every culture and every part of the world. It is like a treasure for a photographer like me," he writes.
This influx of diverse faces is what inspired Çankaya to combine his day job with his love of photography.
When it comes to choosing his subjects, Çankaya looks for a single thing that makes them unique or different.
It could be a certain hairstyle, or way of dressing, but ultimately it comes down to "the atmosphere" between the Çankaya and the participant.
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