Artists Describing Their Art:
Gencho Petkov - I believe that photography is a very unique and international language. It is universally understood by all people throughout the world, regardless of their color, language, religion, As a creative person, I focus their interests in specific areas: - Fine Art Photography (as subject): everlasting charm and enduring female beauty (bodygraphia), Portrait, Nature, aesthetic searches by shape and color,experiment. I shoots to create something special and unique for each subject and situation. My desire and passion to explore, learn and better himself is apparent to any eye that views my work. I thinks of himself as a photographic interpreter of beauty, with an eye for the details, shape, light and that turn a simple photo in to a aesthetic standard. I do not time to stop, self-educating; experimenting, studying, and practicing are my primary enjoyments in life, and the results speak for themselves with images that capture each unique body, highlighting the curves and individuality of each subject and exploring the dynamic interplay between the two. Nudes type scenes feature strongly in photos - controlled lighting, unusual shaping and all kinds of visual inspire me. Don't expect my work to fade away anytime soon. My thirst for new adventures ...
Sayuri Yubari - Out of the ordinary Coming-outs of the Ordinary by Sayuri Yubari. In photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary (David Bailey). Photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them (Elliott Erwitt). ...
Bruno Paolo Benedetti - Bruno Paolo Benedetti, born in the year 1954, began to take pictures, studying perspective and photo techniques, in the year 1968. Since the begin he was concerned with black and white photography, observing the contrast s of the nature, the lights and interpreting the reality around him. When he was 25 he began to work in the dark room, enhancing his technique using filters, high contrast films for making his first pictures of surreal and abstract photography. At the same time he began journeying around Europe and the world: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Southern America, South Africa, Egypt, Comoros islands are some of the most visited places. The study of the religions, the mysticism in all of them, inspired his artistic production, especially his surreal photography, where cultural and religious archetypes are depicted. The abstract non objective photography is the other branch of his work. It starts from the observation of the nature in all its manifestations: water, lights, colors, shores, flowers, ice All the colors are not elaborated and strictly natural, highlighting hidden particulars and changing the images into fluid shapes, where each watcher can see new images created by his emotions and fantasy. In both styles of pictures the ...
Kerwin Williamson - In a way urban photography is like exploration; visual, mental and emotional. And when it comes to a city, its more then just the streets, monuments, iconic locations & structures. Its the little things, moments "seen" by few, major & minor changes, the weather briefly altering the city's mood and the way you feel. As New York's architecture (my current photographic interest) continues to change (reshaping various area's bit by bit) its gives the photographer / visual artist another aspect of the city to explore; not just the structures but its parts, aspects and relation to its environment. Geometric simplicity, the pattern of lines that alter the skyline, at times create shapes in conjunction with the other buildings. Heavy usage of glass (& or similar material) that creates a gleaming / semi-reflective quality that is changing the urban landscape, producing a powerful visual. When you explore its the journey and the subject that leads you towards greater understanding and a broader perception....
Frits Selier - Frits Selier (1943), Lucie Awards 2005, 2005 and nominated for public voting Photografie de Paris 2008. As a small boy he built his first photo studio. Afterwards, as cultural anthropologist (Ph.D) he travelled the world. Beside scientific publishing and doing fieldwork, taking pictures has always been his fascination. He got his photographic education at the Dutch Haarlem studio of the art-photographer Hans Gotze and at the Amsterdam Photo academy. Now photography is his main concern. His style is realistic but minimalistic. See more photographs at his site www.fritsselier.nl ...