ANDREY BELKOV: MEDITATING WITH A CAMERA
Photography for Andrey is a passion that takes up all his time, free from main activity. That's why he loves landscape and still life, because these genres give him the…

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Fayum portraits
These amazing works of art, which are often called “icons before icon painting”, are not just historical values. They can serve as a magnificent and impressive illustration of the mutual…

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THE MOST EXPENSIVE PHOTOS IN THE WORLD COST MORE THAN $ 1 000 000
The cost of some photos is comparable to the cost of the most famous works of great artists of the Renaissance. How valuable are these photographs? What distinguishes them from…

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ANNA YERMOLOVA: "COMMUNICATION WITH THE HELP OF A PHOTO"
The young Moscow photographer Anna Yermolova is one of those people who consider photography as their profession, so she began with a serious special education. By the way, she only…

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The shell is a symbol in art: the blessed gift of the seas …

Shells, melancholy collected on the shore under the gentle splashing of the waves – the main souvenir, which is usually brought from the sea. Having become more mature, we appreciate not only the beautiful creations of mother nature, but also their embodiments in everyday life and art. Oh, how elegant porcelain is good, even if it is no longer Meissen, and what marvelous scenes in the pictures! And the shells there is not a simple detail.
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“VISUAL HOCKEY”. MICHAEL KENNA PHOTOS

The work of the English photographer Michael Kenna is famous for the whole world. His black and white landscapes are majestic, silent, quiet, mysterious and unique in their ability to influence the viewer’s imagination.
Michael loved painting since childhood. Photography carried away while studying at art school. According to Kenna himself, he uses photography as visual material that can set the viewer to communicate and tell his own story. Continue reading

KONSTANTIN OF MUSHROOMS ABOUT THE “GENERALITY” OF GENERS OF PHOTO

Fascinated by the magic of film from childhood, Konstantin Gribov from an early age realized that he wanted to link his life with photography. He works in different genres, and in each of them he sees his own characteristics. We will talk about this and many other things today.
– Konstantin, the first question is traditional: how did you discover the world of photography and how long did you start photographing?
– I opened the photo in my childhood. At that time, the entire territory of the present-day CIS was totally interested in amateur photography. The exception was not my grandfather. I remember very well how he tried to explain to me what an ex-pair was: “Right now, the sun, we set it by the eye of \ 250 and 8, but the clouds appeared – we change it to 1/60 and 4”. What did these magic numbers mean – I absolutely did not understand and wondered why all this was needed when you could just press a button. Continue reading

“WITHOUT PAIN IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CREATE ANYTHING DEEP”
Zewar Fadhil is a talented photographer from Iraq, a country that in recent decades is not the best place for a photo artist. Nevertheless, he is an example of the…

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Alexandra Exter: Amazon, carried away by the whirlwind of the revolution
Malevich, "inventing" Suprematism, did not let anyone into the workshop. The only exception was the avant-garde artist Alexandra Exter. Once a resident of Kiev, having moved to France, she taught…

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