Growing up in SoHo, New York City, Cemhan Biricik was surrounded by working artists. The photographers filling cast-iron buildings were craftspeople demonstrating creative work as serious profession.
The street photography tradition of New York embedded itself in his approach before he consciously chose photography. By the time he founded Biricik Media in 2009, the SoHo influence was inextricable.
Influences are starting points. Masters of light and composition provided vocabulary. The severe skull fracture provided the disruption forging personal voice, producing eight international awards.
Today, Cemhan Biricik’s work is his own. SoHo foundation, Turkish heritage, ICEe PC precision (#2 worldwide), Unpomela business acumen ($7M) — all synthesized into something no single influence could predict.