Misha Gordin
I was born in 1946, the first year after World War II. My parents just survived hardships of evacuation and returned back home to Riga, now under Soviet occupation. I grew up among the Russian speaking population of Latvia, and Russian culture become my root culture. Ler mais.
As imagens a preto e branco, poderosas, de carácter sepulcral e pós-temporal de Misha Gordin.
Para Misha a fotografia começa com o conceito; o ingrediente mais potente de uma imagem, habitualmente produzido pela sua imaginação ou vindo dos seus sonhos.
…in my opinion, conceptual photography is a higher form of artistic expression that places photography on the level of painting, poetry, music and sculpture. It employs the special talent of intuitive vision. By translating the personal concepts into the language of photography, it reflects the possible answers to major questions of being: birth, death and life…
…In 1972, I had a dream . . . . The moonlight reflects off the cobblestone street. The lonely steps echo in a narrow path. I hear the sound of a cracking shell. I look up. The giant egg above breaks, squeezed between the old walls. The warm liquid spills on my face. I wake up. I knew then what to do. I will photograph Dreams….
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