Based in Istanbul, visual artist and senior art director Burcu Salıcı İş bridges her graphic design foundation with photography. Centering her practice on alternative photographic processes and tactile materiality, she merges meticulous design principles with a poetic, narrative-driven approach to image-making.

In "Ruins of Milos," she juxtaposes obsidian—the volcanic stone behind the island's ancient wealth—with the boat as a motif of maritime trade. Sealed onto paper through sunlight and the rich blues of cyanotype, the work contrasts the enduring hardness of volcanic glass with the ephemerality of the sea, investigating how civilizations, much like light-sensitive reactions, leave indelible traces and cultural residues in the flow of time.

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