Turkish Delight

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Behind the tourist gloss of Dalyan lies the everyday infrastructure of a town and signs of its future development potential. A combination of new construction, neglect and general untidiness that has a certain photographic appeal.

Using Martin Parr's documentary style as my main influence I have sought to capture the less-obvious view of a foreign holiday resort than the perfect postcard images we are presented with in the holiday brochures.

There are undoubtedly more beautiful parts of this Turkish resort than the images presented here and it is a location well worth a visit for this beauty, but these images perhaps show the real Dalyan.

Images in this series are not available in the Gallery, but prints are available by contacting the photographer direct.

© Matt Botwood 2012