Ayşe Özaydın is an independent artist, specializing in fine art photography. After completing her BA in film, she focused on photography and received her Masters of Art. Currently, she is in the Proficiency in Arts program at Marmara University, Department of Photography and a lecturer in the Radio, TV and Cinema Department at Istanbul Nişantaşı University. She is also a part of the Phoenix Archeological Project’s Contemporary Art Program.

In her practice, she interested in the paradoxical relation and contradiction between photography and reality. She contemplates on external versus subjective reality through her art. Her creative approach relies on curiosity, exploration and experimentation. Her recent work is centered on creating with a strong emotional intensity, intending to evoke a shift in perspective.