He is very much alive and living in Turkey.
He was born blind and was curious about the world around him - mostly about objects too big to feel. He would feel the objects themselves or a raised line drawing or a copper relief etching. He would then try to replicate what he had felt and when someone declared it looked like the real object/scene, he would know it "got it right." Eventually he started making paintings using the information he had absorbed and memorized (this also explains how he learned colors). Joan, his manager
The cast of The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic - 2007 includes: Esref Armagan as Himself - The Blind Painter Wim Hof as Himself - The Ice Man Lutz Jaenke as himself Miia Kuru as Herself - Medic Raymond Kurzweil as himself Bruce Lahn as himself Juha Oksa as himself Elizabeth Salser as Herself - The Sysasthete
The cast of Kar Beyaz - 2010 includes: Kaya Akkaya as Passenger Ziver Armagan Acil as Recep Sinem Islamoglu as Mother Hakan Korkmaz as Hasan Ruhan Odabas as Grandpa Kadir
The cast of Kumarbaz - 1965 includes: Nuran Aksoy Fatma Girik Ercan Inangiray Hulusi Kentmen Cevat Kurtulus Yasar Sener Esref Vural Reha Yurdakul
The cast of Ana hasreti - 1956 includes: Leyla Altin Hasan Ceylan Avni Dilligil Belkis Dilligil Saltuk Kaplangi Leyla Nil Deniz Tanyeli Esref Vural
Esref Armagan was born in 1953 so is 57 years old
Now he lives in Ankara. Turkey
He grew up in Kucukcekmece in Istanbul. Turkey
He was born blind - one eye never formed and remained the size of a lentil and the other eye wasn't totally formed.
The cast of Der mit den Fingern sieht - 2010 includes: Esref Armagan as himself Hasan Ugurlu as himself
Esref Hamamcioglu was born in 1954.
Esref Ziya Terzi was born in 1968, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Esref Vural was born on May 5, 1914, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Esref Vural died on October 25, 1987, in Istanbul, Turkey.
The cast of Esref saati - 2007 includes: Ali Atay as Sebati Yavuz Bingol as Kara Esref Yetkin Dikinciler as Sari Esref Serkan Ercan as Hayati Yagmur Kasifoglu as Ceylan Bilge Sen as Sadiye Ahmet Ugurlu as Yadigar Vural Uzundag as Selami
The cast of Kayip Armagan - 2010 includes: Engin Alkan Zeki Atli Pelin Batu Alper Develioglu Tuncel Kurtiz Necip Memili Ike Ogut Ali Poyrazoglu Keisei Takashima
He was born blind and was curious about the world around him - mostly about objects too big to feel. He would feel the objects themselves or a raised line drawing or a copper relief etching. He would then try to replicate what he had felt and when someone declared it looked like the real object/scene, he would know it "got it right." Eventually he started making paintings using the information he had absorbed and memorized (this also explains how he learned colors). Joan, his manager