Ozan Sağdıç (b. 1934, Balıkesir) studied under the painter Abidin Elderoğlu at Buca Secondary School before attending Kabataş High School in Istanbul. In 1956, he joined Hayat magazine as one of its first photojournalists, moving to its Ankara bureau in 1960. His solo exhibitions include Ozan Sağdıç: The Photographer's Testimony, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (2024); Kültür ve Sanat Yolunda, CSO Ada Ankara, Ankara (2023) and Fotoğrafın Ozanı, Istanbul Photography Museum, Istanbul (2013). His group exhibitions include Photography in Days of Pandemic, Istanbul Modern, online (2020) and People Attract People, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (2016). Alongside his photojournalism, he photographed stage productions for the Turkish State Theatres and worked on poster, book cover and publication design. He taught photography during the formative years of Ankara University's Faculty of Communication and Hacettepe University's Faculty of Fine Arts. Awarded the title of State Artist in 1998, Sağdıç has received the Art Institution Award (1985), the Aydın Doğan Award for photography (2014) and the ÇAĞSAV Honorary Award (2023). Ozan Sağdıç lives and works in Ankara.
