Thursday 20 November 2014

Russian Fine Art Photography

A few weeks ago we discovered the work of some very wonderful Russian fine - art photographers, who shoot in a very natural yet somehow quite formal style that is rarely seen in "western" photographers in our experience. In particular we were drawn to the child photography we saw. It encompassed the innocence of childhood but without straying into all-to-easy saccharine portrayals - often the Russian photographers used very earthy, warm tones rather than the overly-bright, even garish, colours found in some similar work from the UK and America. There is something about many of the work of these photographers which seems to offer more than "just a pretty face" - the children's sense of individuality is portrayed very well; they are shown to have a much wider range of feelings than we normally see.




Ellie remembered a set of photos she had taken some time ago with a girl named Sascha and was inspired to revisit the work in light of what we'd found; here is the finished piece. I think it's wonderful and I'm very proud that it's a new piece in our fine art portfolio! We'll definitely be paying more attention to this very meaningful avenue of our field in the future.

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