Brandon Saglam is a Southern California-based photographer, formerly based in Brooklyn, New York. He has a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography and Imaging with a double major in Psychology from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He focuses on using portraiture to tell stories and convey the intangible.  His artistic practice often focuses on memory and mental health, exploring intangible feelings, thoughts, and experiences. Integrating with his Turkish and mixed ethnic background, Saglam is also interested in how the aforementioned interacts with culture as a process. Informed by research in areas of psychology and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Art and Turkish Literature. Attempting to find understanding, representation, and contributing to the ever-expanding diaspora of artistic work from the MENA region. Currently, he has been expanding his practice into mixed media using his imagery and archival images from his family’s archive. He has previously shown work at the MAH in Santa Cruz, theBlanc and the Commons in New York City, and recently his current project “Canım,” has been exhibited in the digital exhibition “A Testament to Loss” by the group Too Tired Project.