A. Murat Eren http://meren.org meren at mbl.edu Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:25:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Occupy Wall Street http://meren.org/2011/10/occupy-wall-street/ http://meren.org/2011/10/occupy-wall-street/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:17:51 +0000 admin http://meren.org/?p=296 A horizontal, leaderless, aimless gathering of the people. Absolutely phenomenal. Some people despise Occupy Wall Street due to the fact that they have no mainstream purpose and/or political stand; I believe they miss the entire point.

I don’t think it would be fair to expect everyone to wrap their minds around it, but whatever is happening today to the peoples of the world, is happening mainly because of the decisions that were made by people who did have mainstream purposes and obvious political stands.

Perhaps it is time to stop and think what really needs to be done. This is exactly what is happening nowadays at Zuccotti Park, New York. It might be a failure at the end, but it is definitely an important quest and an important milestone.

]]> http://meren.org/2011/10/occupy-wall-street/feed/ 0 Meeting the Swamp http://meren.org/2010/07/meeting-the-swamp/ http://meren.org/2010/07/meeting-the-swamp/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:41:54 +0000 admin http://meren.org/?p=255 The only conception about swamps I had was coming from “Down by Law“, Jim Jarmusch’s amazing movie, since we don’t have any swamps back in Turkey. It took me more than 3 years to really understand and appreciate this fragile and beautiful landscape. One day, in Jean Lafitte National Park in Louisiana, I figured that there would be more to the swamp than I had envisioned and decided to document my journey of getting acquainted with it.

]]> http://meren.org/2010/07/meeting-the-swamp/feed/ 1 Krewe Du Vieux http://meren.org/2010/05/krewe-du-vieux/ http://meren.org/2010/05/krewe-du-vieux/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 20:00:21 +0000 admin http://meren.org/?p=214 I photographed Krewe Du Vieux, one of the earliest parades of the New Orleans Mardi Gras for a local newspaper, The Levee.

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The theme of the Super Bowl started to affect life in New Orleans weeks before the game. I was interested in the reaction of people and the city much more than the game itself. As soon as the game started, I took my camera and went to French Quarter to document this major event.

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]]> http://meren.org/2009/09/katrina-the-clown/feed/ 8 In the Neighborhood of French Quarter http://meren.org/2009/08/in-the-neighborhood-of-french-quarter/ http://meren.org/2009/08/in-the-neighborhood-of-french-quarter/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:35:56 +0000 admin http://meren.org/?p=119 Photographs from the oldest and most famous neighborhood in New Orleans, French Quarter (also known as Vieux Carré).

]]> http://meren.org/2009/08/in-the-neighborhood-of-french-quarter/feed/ 5 7 Days in Artvin http://meren.org/2009/07/7-days-in-artvin/ http://meren.org/2009/07/7-days-in-artvin/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:56:53 +0000 admin http://www.meren.org/anasayfa/?p=81 Barhal, Artvin. A very beautiful valley in the North-East part of Turkey (if you know Turkish, you may want to read this).

Until 1950′s there wasn’t any major road leading to this valley, and people were forced to go across the Kaçkar Mountains in order to go to the closest city, Rize. It would take days to go, and days to come back. It is not hard to imagine that this place was not a lively junction for many travelers for this reason.

This interesting and unique place has many endemic flowers and insects waiting to be discovered. Moreover, due it’s remoteness until recent times, it also has been a cradle for an endemic culture and social structure as well. Traditions in Barhal Valley is quite different than the general social conventions of Turkey. Its diverse wild life, along with its culture and traditions, deserve to be protected and transfered to the next generations.

However, due to the lack of common sense and reason, Turkish government is about to build a very large dam into this valley, which will eventually fill up a good portion of it with water. The dam that is going to destroy natural and social heritage of Barhal forever is not the only one. There are more than 1800 dam projects that are going on in the country as a result of scattered and poor resistance from the public.

Barhal and its terrible fate is one serious case, but if you are interested to know more about the concurrent ecological problems facing Turkey, I would strongly suggest you to read this article:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320711002527

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]]> http://meren.org/2009/07/lake-pontchartrain/feed/ 0 Metairie Cemetery http://meren.org/2009/07/metairie-cemetery/ http://meren.org/2009/07/metairie-cemetery/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:42:48 +0000 admin http://www.meren.org/anasayfa/?p=57 01

Green




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Tree




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Peak




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Army




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Fly




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Mardis Gras




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Kohn




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Noble




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Broken




Hogget

Hogget




Balance

Balance




Angelo

Angelo




Outgrowth

Outgrowth




Outside

Outside

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