honorable mention
Feliks Sokolov russian federation
title
OrnaMental Projections
In this project I was trying to avoid visual noise and disharmony arranging the intermediate optical projections of the scene on the paper screen. This experimental approach gives us the freedom to clean the excess of facture and details but keep the Colour and reveal the identity of the subject. Moreover, the new interesting possibilities to work with the perspective, the size ratio and the meaning are appearing.
Development the Internet and digital photo technology forced me to revise my old hobby. After many years of intermission I decided to return to the photography at approximately 2008. The internet gave the access to the experience and the heritage of the great masters in photo and contemporary art, the digital technology provided ample opportunities for the learning and development. Today I keen on working both with digital and classic film technology to embody my creative ideas. Despite, I have a little but successful professional experience in photography, the non-commercial art is still a no-doubt priority for me. Sphere of my interest is still life, pictorial and creative portrait photography.
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entry description
Nowadays Still Life photography tends to be a pretty technical subject rather that an art, the live and growing art. It is far from the role the Still Life paintings played before, e.g. on the outcome of the XIX century. In my opinion, one of the main problems stopping its development in is the visual excessiveness of the natural subjects. The plenty of unchangeable features makes a graphic combination of the items difficult or impossible. The modern electro-optical methods are very accurate in the details representation that makes the situation even worse. It is impossible to distinguish the lightness and simplicity of aquarelle painting without massive and deadly boring digital manipulation.In this project I was trying to avoid visual noise and disharmony arranging the intermediate optical projections of the scene on the paper screen. This experimental approach gives us the freedom to clean the excess of facture and details but keep the Colour and reveal the identity of the subject. Moreover, the new interesting possibilities to work with the perspective, the size ratio and the meaning are appearing.
about the photographer
I was born 18.12.1973 in Kazan city, the capital of the Tatar Autonomy Soviet Socialist Republic in the central part of the USSR. Basic photography skills I got during the in Young Technical School of the Central Pioneer House in 1984-1986. My parents encouraged my interest in photography but for me it was just a shadow of my real aim – organic chemistry. After the primary school was the chemical department of Kazan State University from 1991 to 1995 (diploma with honor) and post graduated course (PhD in 2000). Subsequent history is better being studied at www.scopus.com.Development the Internet and digital photo technology forced me to revise my old hobby. After many years of intermission I decided to return to the photography at approximately 2008. The internet gave the access to the experience and the heritage of the great masters in photo and contemporary art, the digital technology provided ample opportunities for the learning and development. Today I keen on working both with digital and classic film technology to embody my creative ideas. Despite, I have a little but successful professional experience in photography, the non-commercial art is still a no-doubt priority for me. Sphere of my interest is still life, pictorial and creative portrait photography.
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