I use old photos as a reference in my paintings. I find these photos at a flea market or take them from a friend in Izmir. Each photo carries a story that imbues a sense of wonder. Looking at snapshots frozen in time, I am filled with daydreams about the lives of those people, who they are, their mannerisms and the time period in which they live. I depict an imaginary story on an empty page with the connotations that an object or place I see in the photograph evokes in me.