Cem Bayoğlu (born February 17, 1977) is a Turkish photographer and visual artist.

He is known for Turkish celebrities portraits, and fine art photography works utilising unique lights and color techniques.

Early life and photography career  
He was born and raised in İzmir, Turkey in 1977. He completed his studies at  Electricity Department of Dokuz Eylül University Izmir Vocational School in 1998. He played guitar with a band in touristic places between 1994 and 2000.
After graduation he started working in his family business in industry sector. 
In 2001, he traveled to Australia to learn English and he started photography as a hobby. He pursued his interest in both photography and music in his spare times and  in 2006, he made an album  titled  Teselli'"  consisting of his compositions.

In 2011, he started  his professional photography career  by opening his first photography studio in İzmir. Since then, he involved in several international awareness projects with his photographs. In 2013, he supported One Billion Rising campaign of  American feminist and drama writer Eve Ensler by creating a series of photographs inspired by stories of domestic violence. The series  he created by using a black and white palette highlighted by select reds and yellows is called  One Billion Suffers and  it included 14 photographs to be deleted totally from the internet after 14 days being exhibited at a Facebook virtual exhibition. Cem's One Billion Suffers series was regarded as a powerful tool for creating awareness and influencing positive change in society. Same year, some of his works exhibited at the group exhibition called What Color Is Abuse, organized by activist artist Joe Stein in Duren, Germany.   One of his works featured on  the cover of the Weißer Ring magazine.

Bayoglu produced music videos and commercial photos for well-established brands in Turkey since 2013. His work for the Ten Thousand Warm Hearts campaign launched as a part of the tenth anniversary celebrations of Forum Bornova Mall in 2017, received ICSC Solal Marketing Award in the Corporate Social Responsibility category.

In 2019, he exhibited his photos from "Sinful Colors" and "Berceste" series at Maison et Objet fair in Paris. In his photos at the Sinful Colors series, the titular description, "sinful" was conveyed with the facial expressions of the models, who are captured in provocative states whether mid-air or underwater.

In 2022 he published his book "50 Yolcu"''(50 Passengers) in which he collected 50 photos of celebrities taken between 2016 and 2021 with an antique suitcase and their words on their life journeys.

Works 
Fine Art Photography Series
 Sinful Colors 
 Berceste 
 Underland

Music Album Cover photos 
 Teoman - Eski Bir Rüya Uğruna
 İskender Paydaş - Zamansız Şarkılar II
 Ferman Akgül - İstemem Söz Sevmeni
 Pamela Spence - Aslanlar Gibi
 Cenk Eren - Repertuvar Tanju Okan Şarkıları
 Cenk Eren - Repertuvar Selda Bağcan Şarkıları
 Volga Tamöz - No2
 Grup Mecaz - Heybe
 Gamze Matracı - Balkantoloji
 Yılmaz Kömürcü - Yeni Aşk
 Yıldız Hazel - Seve Seve
 Gizli Özne - Yalancı Şair

 Book Cover photos
 Hüseyin Mutlu Akpınar - Bir Baskan Bir Sehir Bir Ask 
 Ferman Akgül - Osmanli Cadisi Tirnova (inner cover photos)

 Music Videos and Commercials  (directed by Bayoğlu)

 Ferman Akgül - İstemem Söz Sevmeni
 Yıldız Hazel - Seve Seve
 Kenan Doğulu - Swings With Blue In Green Big Band Concert
 Folkart - October,29 Karsiyaka-Göztepe Friendship Commercial Film
 Forum Bornova Mall - Ten Thousand Warm Hearts

 Photography Exhibitions

 One Billion Suffers (Personal exhibition about violence against women consisting of fourteen photographs)
 What Color Is Abuse (International Group exkhibition about violence against women)

References

External links 
 Official Web Page

Living people
1977 births
Turkish photographers
Dokuz Eylül University alumni