Ahmet Sel was born in Turkey in 1956. He settled in France in 1981. Between 1990 and 2000, he lived in Russia where he was a correspondent and bureau chief for Sipa Press. In 2005-2006, Sel has been the chief editor for Sipa Press in Paris.
He won the “Fujifilm Press Photo Award France” in the portrait category, in 2003, and the Gold Award of National Magazine Awards Foundation (Canada) in the “Words & Pictures” category, in 2004. His works have been exhibited at Paris, Lyon, Monaco, Seoul and Lisbon as well as in Turkey. He has four published photography books since 2001 that are “Moskova People” (Istanbul, 2004), “Galop” (Editions Horizon Illimité, Paris, 2003), “Kaboul Portraits Poses” (Editions Horizon Illimité, Paris, 2003), “Gens de Moscou” (Catleya Editions, Paris, 2001). His last solo exhibition was ''Oriental Illusions'', held by Pi Artworks in 2011.
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