Not a corporate blog. A living record of projects, people, places, photography and the lessons collected while building things across countries and industries.
Moments, photographs and stories — expanded here with a little more context.
New friendships, long conversations and a lot of laughter. Moving through different chapters of life has taught me that a place becomes more than an address when you begin to build a community around you.
Mersin has gradually become that kind of place for me — sea air, evenings around a table and people whose paths I am glad crossed mine.
Websites are only part of the story. I am interested in the business, the customer journey and whether the thing actually works.
I first learned the web in its earlier days and kept coming back to it through different businesses. I decided to put that experience at the centre again: WordPress, e-commerce, SEO and practical digital problem-solving for businesses that need results rather than jargon.
ADAN Web · websites · SEO · e-commerceThis site has changed because I have changed. It is broader now: work, photography, ventures, people and the story connecting them. I prefer an active portfolio to a document that only looks backwards.
MeteAdan.com · work in progressPhotography has run alongside my digital work for years — particularly people, models and portraits. Models House gave that side of my life its own home: shoots, portfolios, creative direction and the people I met along the way.
Sometimes the useful lesson comes from stepping to the other side of the camera.
A career is only part of a life. These are the bits in between — coastlines, roads, conversations, old cities and new beginnings.
Some days are better measured in walks, conversations and time outside rather than tasks completed.
“I have never had just one career. The common thread has always been curiosity — building something, meeting people and finding out what comes next.”
The Journal will keep growing with shorter notes, photographs and longer stories.
Photography, projects, London, Mersin, travel and the lessons behind the work.
This journal is where the pieces connect.
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