Nilüfer Demir
| Nilüfer Demir | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 (age 30–31) |
| Nationality | Turkey |
| Occupation | Photographer, photojournalist |
Nilüfer Demir (born 1986) is a Turkish photojournalist and photographer based in Bodrum, Turkey. She worked with Doğan News Agency since she was a teenager. She covered the European migrant crisis during the summer of 2015 and her photographs of Alan Kurdi became world news on 2 September 2015. She came across the body of Kurdi on the beach and took a number of photos.
She said that she felt "petrified" upon seeing the corpse of the toddler. Then she took the pictures to share her feelings.
Demir's photograph of Kurdi has been compared with iconic photos that changed the world. Her photograph accompanied by hashtag "KiyiyaVuranInsanlik" (English: humanity washed ashore) became the top trending topic on Twitter. In March 2016 her photograph was the subject of a Dutch documentary about iconic photos, and specifically why this photo was not selected for the World Press Photo, though it had resulted in many different reactions across Europe that changed the attitude of many people about the European migrant crisis. The winning World Press photo of 2015 showed a child migrant that successfully crossed into Europe and thus communicated hope rather than despair.
Demir took a series of photos, though it was the one initially retweeted on Twitter that is considered to have had the most international impact. This is also the image chosen by Dutch newspaper Trouw for their front page on 3 September 2015 after a female journalist published it on their website in the evening of 2 September 2015. Though the initially retweeted image carried the highest emotional impact, the one most commonly chosen became a photo of the toddler seen from the side, with an aid worker approaching from the right.
Time Magazine selected this image also for its "Top 100 Photos of 2015". Time published an update on Demir's photo of the boy seen from the side in a one-year anniversary update on their choice of this aid-worker photo, mentioning that it was also shared on social media "by thousands of people"
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