Creative Mornings: Koorsoo
- Filed
- January 2026
- Location
- Creative Mornings, Ankara
This January, the global Creative Mornings community explored Koorsoo, a Farsi word meaning a glimmer of hope. ModularPlastik attended the Ankara event, where Pelin Kilic presented her talk Evolving Hope.
Pelin is an urban planner and photographer who synthesises legal advocacy with creative community building. For over 17 years, photography has been her parallel practice. Her experience with analog photography, with only 36 shots per roll, taught her to look with intense care before pressing the shutter.
After spending time shooting concerts, she noticed a critical gap: the stark absence of women photographers in press areas. This recognition ignited a desire to build a team. She founded Girls to the Front, a collective of women and queer photographers dedicated to increasing visibility on the music scene. Today the collective has grown to 25 photographers.
Pelin's story is Koorsoo in action: a single observation, transformed into a supportive community that multiplies hope for others.
