Show spotlights Güler's shots of ancient Turkish city

An exhibit of pictures by legendary photographer Ara Güler of an ancient city in Turkey has opened to visitors, the Istanbul museum said on Friday.
Titled "Aphrodisias," the exhibit focuses on the Turkish-Armenian photographer's shots of the ancient city and its surroundings as well as his original darkroom prints.
Known as "the Eye of Istanbul," Güler accidentally discovered Aphrodisias over 60 years ago in Turkey's western province of Aydın.

Coming back from an assignment covering a new dam, Güler and his driver lost their way and ended up in a village where locals used the ancient stones and pillars as props in their daily life, according to the 2003 book, Photojournalist: The Life of Ara Güler.

Aphrodisias -- the site of an ancient city devoted to Aphrodite, the goddess of love -- was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2017.

The exhibition at Istanbul's Ara Güler Museum will run through September.
Güler died of a heart attack last year at age 90.