Saturday 25 December 2010
4 R O O M S
We live in fast moving society, obsessed with other people's lives and newest technology gadgets.
But once in a while we all wish to be somewhere else, where we can “stop the time” and be ourselves.
4 R O O M S is the project based round the idea of escaping the real world and creating your own, inside the wardrobe.
It is a series of 10 colour pictures, 4 different rooms represents a few simple things, like having time to read a newspaper or a book, listen to your favourite music or to watch TV program which no one else likes, which however is very important to yourself.
The photographs of 4 R O O M S came from the observation of life and my fascination with music, books and other artist work.
SMOOTH CRIMINAL
The idea for this book came to me one fine day in New York. I was reading The Village Voice when I saw Lindsay Lohan's mug shot, looking all glamoures, smiling and being very happy despite the fact, she was going to jail next day. I started to think about the role of the photography in today's fast moving society and the power of a single picture to influence. People's obsession with a celebrity world and desire to record every move they make.
I have decided to create a series of portraits of different people and match crimes to their personalities and appearance. I wanted to show different interesting perspective that’s why I focused on male crimes, however portrayed them through the female characters.
This book features 16 pictures which I shot in the studio using my DSLR and a ring flash which created that halo effect round the person. I wanted to keep them very simple and in tradition of mug shots, (having a person in the central of the picture plus either left/ right side). I made my own black boards with the information which can only be found in police records and experiment with backdrops.
As a constant change in photography is hard to define and photography itself is ever present everywhere we look: newspapers, billboards on the streets or art galleries. I wanted to make a book which would show the deception of our reality and that behind every picture, there is Art.
I hope you enjoy looking at my pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Monday 13 September 2010
Sunday 12 September 2010
COOL KIDS! - Stop telephoning me!
COOL KIDS!
I first fell in love with fashion via pages of Vogue and I-D, and when I got my camera it was quite obvious what I was going to photograph. I use photography as a form of self- expression. I make my pictures for everyone.
I am strongly influenced by the fashion photographers such as Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, and David La Chapelle. Their fashion and editorial work for magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Interview, etc., is almost like a dream- like nature of a real life.
My choice of subject comes from all the different places. I find my inspirations everywhere, music, books, films, magazines, and of course other artist work. I like to create stories that are not obvious at first. I photograph people, usually in the studio where I compose my own set for the pictures and have a full control over the light.
My photography is quirky, fun, and colourful. I use digital SLR and recently I have begun to work with photoshop, which allows me to make some important changes and to create a new aspect of my pictures.
My current project is inspired by David La Chapelle's editorial and fashion work. COOL KIDS! is a story about love, fashion and frienship. Phone and the frog are resemblance of love- you have to kiss a lot of frogs in order to find that one special person, and dog and silver pig representing a great friendship.
I believe that fashion photography allows you to look at world differently, but also document changes in today's society, the way we think, feel and look. The photographs of COOL KIDS! come from that fascination of life.
Friday 10 September 2010
Thursday 9 September 2010
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