M. Cemal Emden was born in Kayseri in 1967. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Yıldız Technical University in 1990. He continued his master’s degree at his alma mater and completed in 1993. Emden is an architect as well as a professional photographer specializing in architecture, interior decoration, landscape and furniture photography. His photographs were published in magazines, books and exhibition projects both in Turkey and abroad. His clientele includes architects, construction companies, advertisement agencies, graphic designers and architectural publications. Alongside a professional photographic archive in the above subjects, Emden has also independently worked in the Middle East, North America, Europe and Russia and put together a rich archive of architectural images. He founded Studio Architecture in 1992 where he continues his architectural and photographic work. He published “Mimarlık Yıllığı 1” (2000) and “Mimarlık Yıllığı 2“ (2004).