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Foto4all Magazine 09-10/2014
Foto4all Magazine 09-10/2014
ISSN: 2285-5734
Challenge Creativity
Hajime Kimura
Ozana Murean
Camelia Popescu
Dorin Bofan
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Aura Popa
Summary
7 | Editorial
8 | Events
BUCHAREST PHOTO WEEK 2014
Sebastio Salgado:
12 | Photo Books
AFRICA
ASHES & SNOW: THE FILM - DVD
From Uncertain to Blue
Winterly Haiku
18 | Portfolio
Hajime Kimura
PROJECT PI
DOMINATRIX
62 | Advice 4all
Photographing Solar Eclipses
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82 | Project4all
96 | Journey = Photography
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Sebastio Salgado:
Genesis exhibited in New York
The International Center of Photography (ICP) is proud to be the first venue in the U.S. to
present the momentous exhibition Genesis, a project by world renowned photographer
Sebastio Salgado. On view from September 19, 2014, through January 11, 2015, the
exhibition, curated and designed by Llia Wanick
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Opened to photographers of all ages and skill levels, the Awards have welcomed
over 700,000 entries from more than 230 countries since theirlaunch.
The competitions are, as it follows:
The Professional Competition
- for serious photographers.
The Open Competition
- for amateurs and enthusiasts.
The Student Focus Competition
- for those studying photography.
The Youth Award
- for anyone aged 19 and under.
Sony World Photography Awards is
widely recognised as the leading global
photographic awards programme in
existence today.
Launched in 2008, the awards are
dedicated to supporting and cultivating
photographic culture. Through a
range of annual competitions, we hope
to discover new talent in the world
of photography and moving image.
Whether you are just starting out or
a fully-fledged professional you can
enter whichever competition you
believe suit your level and experience.
The annual awards gala and ceremony
takes place in London, welcoming an
international attendance of industry
leaders to celebrate the recognition of
the best in contemporary photography
and each year also pays tribute to one
of our masters with the Outstanding
Contribution to Photography Award.
Supporting the celebration, is a
month-long exhibition of the winners
and finalists, comprising of hundreds
of photographs expertly curated
inside the historic London landmark,
Somerset House.
You can get all the information you
need here: www.worldphoto.org
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Photo book
AFRICA
Sebastio Salgado
An homage to Africas people
and wildlife
Sebastio Salgado began
his career as a professional
photographer in Paris in
1973
and
subsequently
worked with the photo
agencies Sygma, Gamma, and
Magnum Photos. In 1994 he
and his wife Llia created
Amazonas Images, an agency
that handles exclusively his
work. Salgados photographic
projects have been featured
in many exhibitions as well
as books, including Other
Americas
(1986),
Sahel:
lhomme en dtresse (1986),
Workers (1993), Terra (1997),
Migrations (2000), and The
Children (2000).
Although he has photographed
around the globe, his work
most heavily concentrates on
Africa, where he has shot more
than 40 reportage works over
a period of 30 years. From
the Dinka tribes in Sudan
and the Himba in Namibia
to gorillas and volcanoes in
the lakes region to displaced
peoples
throughout
the
continent, Salgado shows us
all facets of African life today.
He knows exactly how to grab
the essence of a moment and
his images artfully teach us
the disastrous effects of war,
poverty, disease, and hostile
climatic
conditions.
This
stunning book brings together
Salgados photos in three
parts: the first concentrates
on the southern part of the
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ASHES & SNOW: THE FILM - DVD
Produced and starring Gregory Colbert (among
others) Ashes and Snow: The Film is a full
compilation DVD encompassing the cinematic
journeys of Gregory Colbert, and shows the
various segments of the Exhibition, like
Elephants, Monkeys, Whales, etc. The running
time of the show is 60 minutes, and is divided
into Chapters depicting cinematic scenes of
Colberts journeys. The DVD is produced as
UNIVERSAL/Region restriction free, so it will
play on all DVD players. The Film is In stock
and available for immediate shipping, and
makes a TERRIFIC GIFT for those who find
Colberts work memorizing. In exploring the
shared language and poetic sensibilities of all
animals, I am working towards rediscovering
the common ground that once existed
when people lived in harmony with animals.
The images depict a world that is without
beginning or end, here or there, past or present.
-Gregory Colbert, Creator of Ashes and Snow.
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Photo book
From Uncertain to Blue
Keith Carter
Keith Carter is known to be an international art
photographer and professor at Lamar University. He
was born in a small town in Wisconsin. He became
interested in photography at age 21, when he saw
one of his mothers portraits which inspired him.
(his mother was a child portrait photographer). He
started off photographing anything from people to
animals, objects or landscapes. The wide majority
of his images are in black and white. He also plays
a lot with natural light, blurring many backgrounds
and foregrounds, focusing strictly on his main
subjects. His images are all about connecting with
the viewer and bringing up memories to which one
may relate at different levels.
Book description:
(credits: amazon.com)
In the beginning, there was no real plan, just a
road trip that became a journey. In the years 1986
and 1987, Keith Carter and his wife, Patricia, visited
one hundred small Texas towns with intriguing
names like Diddy Waw Diddy, Elysian Fields, and
Poetry. He says,I tried to make my working method
simple and practical: one town, one photograph. I
would take several rolls of film but select only one
image to represent that dot on my now-tattered
map. The titles of the photographs are the actual
names of the small towns. . . . Carter created a body
of work that evoked the essence of small-town life
for many people, including renowned playwright
and fellow Texan, Horton Foote. In 1988, Carter
published his one town/one picture collection
in From Uncertain to Blue, a landmark book that
won acclaim both nationally and internationally
for the artistry, timelessness, and universal appeal
of its images--and established Carter as one of
Americas most promising fine art photographers.
Now a quarter century after the books publication,
From Uncertain to Blue has been completely reenvisioned and includes a new essay in which
Carter describes how the search for photographic
subjects in small towns gradually evolved into
his first significant work as an artist. He also
offers additional insight into his creative process
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Winterly Haiku
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By Andrei Baciu
A photographic essay remembering us that
sometimes it is wiser to just listen, observe,
watch things around us and be grateful. A
photographic essay on that fruitful quietness
we all need, at least from time to time, in
order to stay connected to this world, to our
true selves, to God. A tribute to simplicity
and silence. You will love the book, even if
it is available here (http://editura.liternet.
ro/carte/307/Andrei-Baciu/Hibernal-haiku.
html) only in Romanian. You dont need the
words. Just watch the images and enjoy the
silence...
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Portfolio
Hajime Kimura
-an interview by Cristian Bassa
Portfolio
C.B.: How did you start and why? What made you choose
photography as another way to express yourself?
H.K.: When I was in university, I majored architecture.
In the last grade, I have investigated a Japanese
village in the rural area for my graduation thesis.
During the stay there I found a book about an
ancient tribe living in mounting area of north Japan.
The book looked like oId but their photographs in
it taken only a decade ago. I was just surprised and
I have thought their existence to visit to see them
indeed.
C.B.: After looking at your photos even the most nontechnical photographers are wondering a little about
the gear you use and the type of editing. Is it film? Is it
dodge and burn? Printing technique?
H.K.: Basically i use film, but the printing process is
through both in dark room and digital.
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PROJECT PI
By Dorin Bofan And Aura Popa
-an interview with Dorin Bofan by Cristina int
Portfolio
C..: How did the idea came about to you and Aura? Was
it an older dream, the desire to test your strength, or?
D.B.: It came from wanting to know ourselves better
and to inspire people using their muscles on a daily
basis. Nowadays, were dependant on technology
and a high standard of comfort. What that basically
means is that we kind of stop living in the real world.
Humans are built to move more than anything and
thats what we wanted to do. Besides, physical effort
makes you happy.
After I quit my job, I told myself I need an adventure,
something Ive been craving all my life, to go in a
place in my mind where I no longer feel safe. Aura
quickly agreed and that was it. Although the whole
thing was pretty safe, it was one of the most intense
life experiences weve ever had. We didnt want to
prove anything to nobody, not even ourselves. Just
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DOMINATRIX
The photographic journey from an idea to an exhibition
By Camelia Popescu
I was running. I was running for a long time, ever since I was entrusted with
this already aging body and being told: become a man! What that means - I was
not told. I looked around me to understand and I have seen all of them running,
from or towards something: hurried, occupied, important, scared, terrified, and
useless. Then I started myself to run, to become a man. Until I catched a glimpse
of my grotesque and shallow reflection.
Now I dont run anymore.
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Advice 4all
Alex Conu
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Alex Conu
Needed equipment
Still cameras
Lenses
Alex Conu
Ctlin Beldea
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Project4all
Mare Vento
by Ozana Murean
My darling, your obsession for the sea exists. You
have it since you were little. I can remember the first
time when I took you to the sea and you saw that
immensity of water. I dont know what was going on
in that little head of yours, but it was like you saw
God standing there with you. You were breathless.
You were frozen. -said Ozanas mother
By exploring the concept of landscape in a nostalgic
and more silent way, Ozana tries to capture the charm
of the marine nature, its unseen side, and also wants
to mentally involve the viewer.
Apparently, the majority of her work is of a more
spontaneous touch, but it is carefully planned
and realized, waiting for the perfect moment of
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Journey = Photography
Isle of Skye
Photographs and text: Carmen and Drago Ioneanu
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The wildlife boat trips are plenty, but they can be hit or
miss in terms of seeing the animals that are marketed;
with a bit of luck you can get close to a sea eagle
or a whale. We were not that lucky unfortunately, so
we spent two hours scanning the horizon through
binoculars in a beautiful sunny day with an experience
skipper telling stories about Skye and Scotland.
Now talking about negative parts, the most annoying
Journey = Photography
Rafael Ianos
EVALUATION: Some painters would have never
been able to freeze a dogs path in order to paint it.
Some others would have taken away the odd objects
in order to have a clean scene.
Chilun Leung
EVALUATION: Mist and rain. The recipe for tension
and suspense. Add some human shapes and a few
endless lines and you might just have created a
perfect marketable kitsch of forced and obvious fear
with no sublimation. But if you have that spark of
insanity and find the right balance of elements then
you can create a true painting using the camera as a
paintbrush. And the author did it beautifully.
Two human shapes - a child and a woman - joined
hand by hand but at the same time separated by
the white line. This builds the very symbolism of
this picture: a walk to an unseen place, guidance of
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Chris Milla
of the void and the emptiness where the chairs and the
waiting room are lying on, they all go hand by hand with
the abstraction. The waiting room is isolated from its
real nature as a functional part of an urban reality, the
human being is isolated from its quality as a traveller
and becomes a distressful subject in observation. The
photographer is obsessively visiting and revisiting people
found in an introspection (forced by the emptiness of
the waiting time). The whole setup with no background
to distract, a woman not too young but not so old, the
floor pictured by few lines and the chairs giving so much
meaning through their colors, makes me wonder what
Chris Milla felt in those seconds.
Maybe he felt the same calm on the outside, standing still
not to draw attention with an obsessive desire to push
the shutter or maybe none of those. One thing though
is clear: he found himself in the same situation as his
subject - WAITING. Waiting for this moment to happen.
Octavian Cucolea
EVALUATION: Cars are such a drag in modern art
photography ... they are everywhere, they are so
bright and coloured (in addition nowadays we have
to obscure their license plates). Try to avoid them
when framing your image and you will see that they
push you up to the skies. All city life is behind, in
front of, or on them.
It is unavoidable that at some moment we had (will
have) to use them creatively. They offer volumes,
reflection surfaces, some of them interesting emblems
(horses, thunders, lions, tigers ... name the beast).
In the present picture they are used as an entry point
and as a stage for the story to take place. A very
original theatrical use where the curved obscure
volumes open up to reveal a bright life scene. The
thunder offers the spark for the intensity to continue
with the energetic posture of the girl.
Cristina Bazar
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PhoneCam project
PhoneCam Project
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PhoneCam Project
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Mihai Ursea
PhoneCam Project
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Mirela Momanu
PhoneCam Project
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