Bahaettin Rahmi Bediz

He started his career in Kandiye, Crete, in 1895, where he acquired his original fame, went on to open photography studios in Istanbul in 1909 ("Photo Resne") and later in izmir.

After 1935, in Ankara, he worked as the Chief of Photography Department in Turkish Historical Society, engaged in archeological photographic documentation.

The thousands of photographs (especially Cretan life, portraits and municipal and archaeological documentation) he took during his career (Crete, Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara) have immense historical value.

Danyal Bediz was a professor of history at the University of Ankara (Dil, Tarih Fakultesi).

Riza Bediz, who teamed up with his father at the end of Bahaettin's photographic business career, had studied art and architecture, became a respected educator in Istanbul.