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Christina "Kwiz" Günebakan

@kwiz.ness

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Selfie Photographer
🏴‍☠️ #kwizlienhuong
📍Istanbul / Marmaris
📸💃🎶 @marykwizness
📸🌇🌃 @marykwizness.street
💍👩‍❤️‍👨 #kwizrock

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to my brother, my teacher, my mirror @caretta.one ❤️

iyi ki doğdun 🎂
iyi ki varsın 🫂✨

"Energy is the most attractive thing a person can have. The way someone walks into a room and makes it feel different. The way their curiosity pulls you in and their enthusiasm reminds you that life is worth being excited about. And the way they make people feel seen, appreciated and inspired. That kind of energy is magnetic. People are drawn towards energy that feels expansive because energy is contagious. One negative person can drain an entire room. But one genuinely energized person can lift it too. Truth is: your energy introduces you long before you speak a single word. This is why your presence can become a superpower. And the energy you project into into the world is simply a mirror of the work you have done within yourself." - Simon Alexander Ong

🎦+✂️: @marykwizness

additional footage: @borisrock @muhammetbalgamis @perventen @doree_photography @jabbar98
🙏🙏🙏

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Мои путешествия в Турцию никогда не станут очередной поездкой «полежать»!

Мне до безумия нравится проникаться в эту яркую, веселую и душевную атмосферу, встречать таких разных и замечательных людей, а еще открывать и отдавать те грани себя, что в обычной жизни даже не обнаружить 🥹

Еще одна невероятная история падает в копилочку моей прекрасной жизни и оставляет БОЛЬШУЩИЙ след на моем сердечке!

Yakında görüşürüz canım, yakında döneceğim 🇹🇷💔

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я никогда не была в детском лагере. наверное, поэтому до сих пор немного удивляюсь тому, как можно приехать куда-то всего на 10 дней – и успеть прожить целую маленькую жизнь.

и вот уже второй год Турция разбивает мне сердечко, собирает его обратно и каким-то удивительным образом заполняет те самые пробелы, о существовании которых я раньше даже не задумывалась.

10 дней кажутся ничем, пока не оказываешься здесь. а потом вдруг понимаешь, что за это короткое время успеваешь попробовать новое, вспомнить давно забытые знания, достать из себя умения, которыми в обычной жизни дома никогда бы не воспользовалась.

мы приехали за отдыхом, а получили гораздо больше.

любопытство оказалось сильнее стеснения. новые движения и задания – интереснее привычного «я не умею» а люди… люди стали, наверное, самой важной частью этой истории. знакомства с интересными и такими разными людьми из разных стран, разговоры, смех, совместные занятия и это удивительное чувство, когда совершенно неважно, откуда ты родом.

здесь нет национальности. здесь есть человек.

и это, пожалуй, одно из самых прекрасных ощущений, которые я увезла с собой.

я не говорю «прощай». а только: Yakında görüşmek üzere, Türkiye! ❤️🧿

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Bağçalarda, alluce gel yanıma bu gece,
sen sator ol, ben bıcağ;
oturağ, şarap içağ.

#tbt

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WE ARE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
at @orkalotusbeach

Crew:
@pelinkoyunc
@kwiz.ness
@leahmcmahonnx
@bukybeats
@caretta.one
@borisrock
@havinnatilaa_
@burakkerimcoskun69
@yaisnz
@senademirrrrr
Mr. Lucky Uğur

📢: @yilmazuncu

Special guests:
brazylinaaa.a
@alialkanbar
alina.aaasss
@alaprzybylek_
@uptownfunkdancecompany
@fresnostyle.ph
@paragon_show
@cr_international_

🎦+✂️: @marykwizness

Thanks for additional footage:
@muhammetbalgamis
@jabbar98
@doree_photography
@napedna4lapy
Alina, Buğra, Bora, Yasin

🫶✨🙏

#orkalotusbeach
#animationteam
#hotelanimation
#marmaris
#içmeler

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Every Friday Pool Party at @orkalotusbeach

🎧: @bukybeats
🎤: @burakkerimcoskun69
❄️: @yilmazuncu
🎦: @marykwizness

#orkalotusbeach #marmaris #poolparty

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Show time🎶🤸🏻‍♂️🥷🏻💥☀️🎯💯🏄‍♂️🌀💙
at Orka Lotus Beach
July 2026 Marmaris

📽️Video: @marykwizness 😘🙏💙

🎤Mic: @yilmazuncu 🙏🌀💙

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Good times with good people 🌻💕

Throwback to 08.06.2024, but it still feels like yesterday. That's how we spend our summers in Moda/Kadıköy at the seaside. 🥳

#modasahil #istanbuldayaşam #lifeinistanbul #kadıköy #modakadıköy

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Why I publish my photos so slowly

I take thousands of photos per event because countless moments happen and quick movements can't be caught with one single shot. It takes hours to choose the best photos.

On which photo is the dancer's pose better? The facial expression? The background? The light?

Expectations and performance pressure lead to self doubt. Which photo will the dancer like more?

Editing and cropping all photos one by one takes hours. (So please don't edit and crop my photos!)

I didn't shoot only your photos, I shot 3.679 photos.

Your photos are not my biggest priority. I came to the event as a friend to do you a favour and I worked for hours for free.

If my work was paid, the photos would come within a few days. But under such circumstances it can take even years.

#marykwizness #etkinlikfotoğrafçısı #fotoğrafçıhayatı #photographerstruggles #photographerlife

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Istanbul street photography
by @marykwizness.street

music: @guti_goodlee - "Circle of Winds" 🤍

#marykwiznessTR #istanbulstreet #streetphotographyistanbul #istanbuldayaşam #oneistanbul

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The difference between a dance event photographer and a "dancefloor photographer". 😏

Every beginner (including me 😝) starts with sitting down next to the stage, observing the ones who are battling and end up going home with thousands of nearly identical photos from the same perspective. 😂

What seems easier from the outside, but is in my opinion a much more advanced way of immortalizing the spirit of the event: being everywhere at the same time and focus on every little detail where not all eyes are paying attention to at that moment.

Know the culture, know the legends, exchange, visit workshops, connect, have fun.

Dance events are so much more than just dance. Can you believe I've been in the scene since 2012 even though I don't dance? It's because the energy of the positive atmosphere is giving that addictive feeling to connect with your big family worldwide.

One love 🫶

📸🎦: video edit and all photos by me, @marykwizness

A collection of memories from @thenotoriousibe The Notorious IBE in Heerlen, Netherlands from 2013-2017

versus my first battle Beat Battle in Bonn, Germany 2012

The second half of the video is totally random shots of dancers from my career so far.

Drop your favourite random second of the video in the comments or describe what you see! 😁🎉

#marykwizness #thenotoriousibe #breaking #bboyworld #dancephotography

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I really love when friends or strangers show interest in getting photographed by me.

This kind of appreciation is worth much more than having good photos of dancers who never care about me, never support me and ignore my gifts to them.

But if I don't have a photo for you today, please don't be disappointed. Here are my reasons why:

1.) Photography is not a favour, it's hard work that must be paid - just like the work of other artists. It's unfair towards organizers who officially invite me if they get the same result as organizers who didn't invite me. And I can't work for free all day, just because you ask me for "one photo", next to a hundred other dancers/friends who want "only one photo" too. 🥴 If I shoot you for free, be aware you must appreciate it or I will put you on a black list. 😂

2.) I joined the event for fun, to support my friends or to shoot some photos for myself as a memory or for my portfolio. After 14 years of experience in breaking event photography it does happen that I randomly shoot strangers too or the preselection now and then, out of habit. But if my goal is to take only good shots in a short time, the easiest and quickest way is to just focus on the best dancers.

3.) I'm an event photographer, not a "dance floor photographer". I shoot the whole event, the staff, the cypher, the catering backstage, the merch shop, the graffiti artists outside, the audience, the music acts... I can't be everywhere at the same time. And the organizers don't want a portrait photo of every single attendant. They want big scenes, crowds, feelings, atmosphere and random moments.

4.) Documenting the whole event is extremely exhausting. I often get headaches and even migraines regularly. I need breaks. I can't watch every battle. I also want to socialize and hang out with friends now and then.

5.) I shoot everything manually. If I'm working with a complicated lense, the chances of catching a certain moment are even lower. Maybe I missed your part because I was busy with changing my camera settings.

Anyways, please keep asking! 🙏 So I know to pay more attention to you. 🫶

#eventphotographer

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