1955          Born in Adana, Turkey

1957          Moved to Istanbul with his parents. Started to take photographs and first experince with the darkroom in St. Michel, french high school.

1972          Studied in Geneva, Switzerland for the last 3 years of high school.

1975-81      Studied in University of Miami, Florida, USA. BA degree in Business Management & Organization and BS degree in Political Science.

                 Also studied photography, worked as a news photographer and later became Photo Editor of The Miami Hurricane newspaper.

1980          Gave workshops in The Zone System to the senior students of the Dept. of Photography at the University of Miami.

1982-2004   Gave workshops to the photographers of the Turkish daily newspaper G�ne�. Has been given seminars, workshops to the Photography Societies around  Turkey and to the Universities i.e. Mimar Sinan, Marmara, Yildiz ve Cukurova Universities about The Zone System and Black & White Photography.

1984          Formed the FOG Group of Photography with Nevzat Cakir, Ilyas Gocmen, Izzet Keribar, Mehmet Kismet and Yusuf Tuvi.

Exhibitions

1974          International School of Geneva � Geneva Switzerland

1980          University of Miami � Miami Florida - USA

1982          French Cultural Center � Istanbul - Turkey

1983          Ankara Art Center - Ankara

1984          Sabanci Cultural Center � Adana - Turkey

1985          Yapi Kredi Bank Kazim Taskent Art Gallery � Istanbul - Turkey

1986          �Kazlicesme �86� (Kazlicesme Tannery � Istanbul) � Ataturk Cultural Center -  Istanbul - Turkey

1987          �Surlar �87� (City Walls of Istanbul �87) � Taksim Art Gallery - Istanbul - Turkey

1989          �Birikimler� (Restrospective) � Taksim Art Gallery � Istanbul - Turkey

2004          �Isigin Pesinde� (In Pursuit of Light) Istanbul Photography Center � Istanbul - Turkey

2004          Municipality of Ankara Contemporary Arts Center - Ankara - Turkey

2004          University of Anadolu - Eskisehir - Turkey

2004          75th Year Art Gallery - Adana - Turkey

2004          Platinum & Palladium Print Exhibition - Rahmi Koc Industrial Museum - Istanbul - Turkey

2005          Canon Erkayalar Art Gallery - Izmir - Turkey 

Publications

1989        �Birikimler� (retrospective) photography album

                 Exhibition albums

Prizes

1981          1st prize in Black&White prints - Intra-State Photography Societies Annual competition - Florida USA

1982          1st prize - Turkish daily Milliyet newspaper - Abdi Ipekci Photography Competition

1985          Bronze Medal - Europa �85 Photography Competition � Spain

Newspaper Articles, Reviews, Radio and TV appearances

1983          Abdi Ipekci Foto�raf Yarismasi sonuclandi� - Milliyet Sanat � Kaya �zsezgin - 1 February 1983

1986          South America Through The Eyes from Bulent Ozgoren - Hayat Mecmuasi � 28 April 1986

2004          �Isigin Istedigi Fotograflar� � by Aysegul Sonmez � Milliyet Haftalik Rehber � weekly guide � 24-30 January 2004

2004          �Isigin Pesindeki Fotograflar� � Akademist 2003 #7

2004          �Isik Onde�� � Marie Claire � February 2004

2004          �Isigin Pesinde� � Kilavuz Haber � February 2004

2004          �Isigin Pesinde� (In Pursuit of Light) exhibition of Bulent Ozgoren � by Nevzat Cakir � Cumhuriyet � daily newspaper � 1st February 2004

2004          �Isigin Pesinde� (In Pursuit of Light) exhibition of Bulent Ozgoren � Alem Dergisi 4th February 2004 issue � weekly magazine

2004          �Isigin Pesinde� (In Pursuit of Light) exhibition of Bulent Ozgoren � by Merih Akogul � Ulusoy Travel - February 2004 issue � monthly magazine

2004          �Teknikle Estetigin Butunlestigi Fotografci � Bulent Ozgoren� � by Cengiz Akduman

2004          Bulent Ozgoren � by Hunkar Sibel Gorel � Fotograf Dergisi � a bi-monthly Turkish photography magazine - February-March 2004 issue

2004          Bulent Ozgoren � by Koray Karaermis � Genis Aci March-May 2004 issue - bi-monthly photography magazine

2004          �Isigin Pesinde� (In Pursuit of Light) exhibition of Bulent Ozgoren � NTV 24 Saat Programi � National TV news 5th March 2004

2004          �Isigin Pesinde� (In Pursuit of Light) exhibition of Bulent Ozgoren � TV8 � National TV � 5th March 2004 - repeated several times

2004          Talk Show program �Bizce Kadin� Expo Channel � National TV � 4th March 2004 14:00-15:30 repeated 5th March 2004 01:30

2004          �Isigin Pesinde� (In Pursuit of Light) exhibition of Bulent Ozgoren � Acik Dergi programi - Acik Radyo � Radio - repeated several times