Çağlar Doğan

A photographer who doesn’t flirt with light — he builds it.

Fashion & EditorialAdvertising & CampaignsHotel & LifestyleFilm & Cinematography

Based in Antalya · 17+ years

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Late Night Series — Tiana’s Passion · 2026

Photography and film:
two forms of one language.

A film by Çağlar Doğan

How the series began ↗

Late Night Series · 2026

Photography and film: two forms of one language.

(01)Approach

I’m a creative director, fashion and commercial photographer and film director based in Antalya. I build visual worlds for hotels, fashion and lifestyle brands, from concept to delivery. Not sterile; harder, more real, with more attitude.

Çağlar Doğan with a sphynx cat on his shoulder, in violet-blue light — Çağlar DoğanAntalya

17+ years

Behind the camera. It started with fashion, editorial, hotel and lifestyle work and grew into cinematic commercials.

1person

The same person runs the set, the camera and the colour grade. A short chain of decisions.

48hours

To reply. A few lines about your project are enough.

I use a brief as a trampoline rather than a prison, something another film can come out of.

Founder — El Chedo Production elchedo.pro ↗ The full story ↗

Light the Way.
Build the Logic.

Who Is Çağlar Doğan?

The ordinary is fleeting. The soul endures. I build every frame, every line, every brand on this philosophy.

Commercial Director · Fashion Photographer · Creative Director
Founder of El Chedo Production.

I haven't put the camera down for 17 years. Before that, at age 7, I met a Commodore 64. From that day to this, I've been chasing not only the image but the system, the structure, the act of making itself. I founded El Chedo Production to bring directing, photography and creative direction under one roof. I produce work across a wide range, from the visual identity of luxury and boutique hotels to boutique fashion brands and bespoke jewelry collections. I'm based in Antalya and work across Turkey and internationally, with hotels, fashion and lifestyle brands. On the side, I keep working on a self-portrait series I call Late Night Series.

For me, the point is not just to capture a frame or deliver a project. It's to build a world that has an idea, a soul, a character. I feed the visual language that moves between fashion, lifestyle photography and commercial films with technology, aesthetic discipline and real-life experience. The tone of my work isn't sterile. It's harder, truer, more attitude-driven. I'm not chasing a polished surface. I'm chasing the spirit of Rebellious Luxury that comes from inside.

(02)Selected Work

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Late Night Series · Film · 2026

Tiana’s Passion

A piano, a single beam of window light and the night. The quietest chapter of a visual language built with the night.

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Studio · NightThe series’ story ↗

● Playing — muted

Late Night Series · Film · 2026

The Trap of Milena

A cold room, an inner voice, close-ups. Image, typography and tension in one rhythm.

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Studio · NightThe series’ story ↗

● Playing — muted

Casting · Model portfolio

Diana
Prilutskaya

A casting shoot for a model portfolio. White studio, red suit, leaf shadows; gathering all the colour in one place.

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StudioSee the archive ↗

Diana Prilutskaya in a red suit in a white studio, leaf shadows on the wall

Diana Prilutskaya in a red suit and red tights on a white chair

Studio · Rain machine

Wet
Light

In the studio with Diana Prilutskaya, under a rain machine. Backlight, water and sheer black; knowing where to stop the light rather than adding more.

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Model: Diana PrilutskayaSee the archive ↗