Iconography: to see the invisible
From ancient times, icon painting served as a “language for the illiterate” —a special language with its own rules and symbolism. For centuries, master-icon painters have brought it to perfection,…

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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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LOOKING INTO YOURSELF AND IN THE WORLD
Maxim Grigorenko removes mainly film cameras in the multi-exposure technique, and the process itself turns into just some kind of mystery, where the mind and consciousness are moving aside, yielding…

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CODRIN LUPE: “PHOTOGRAPHY AS A WAY OF LIBERATION”
Romanian photographer Codrin Lupey began photographing 11 years ago when his daughter was born. “At that time, I could not have imagined that the photo would open up a whole…

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ART PHOTO OF VLADIMIR SELEZNYEV

Photos of Vladimir Seleznev demonstrate an unusual approach to the creative process – it does not capture an interesting moment, but creates from everything that it sees around, a static plot without a moment, built on the geometry of the forms and the interrelation of colors, giving each viewer the opportunity to interpret the image for themselves.
– Vladimir, hello! Please tell us how you discovered the world of photography and how long ago did you start photographing? Continue reading

“RUKOGRAFIKA”: THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECT OF STANISLAVA ARISTOV

The new project of photographer Stanislav Aristov is dedicated to hand language. What is it – the author ponders: an image folded by hand? Drawings on the wall of eternity, sealed with light in darkness? Or dumb language, understandable to everyone? He told us about the main idea of ​​the project and the emotional component in a special interview.
– How long have you been working on the project?
– Hard to say. The idea was born back in 2008. The first public works appeared in the fall of 2009. Since then, the project lives in the skin of Schrödinger’s cat – it seems he is, but he seems not to be. Periodically, I remember about him and try to shoot something else, but most of it goes into the trash. Continue reading

EXHIBITION PROJECT "SPECIAL FUND: REPRESSED ART"
The Odessa Art Museum in partnership with the National Art Museum of Ukraine and with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation presents the project “Special Fund: Repressed Art”. The…

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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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