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Master Profiles: Gueorgui Pinkhassov
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Profile:
Gueorgui Pinkhassov (1952-Present)
Russian photographer known for his direct of color and light to create mood and scenes with an abstract quality.
Background:
Born: January 1, 1952 in Moscow, Russia
Gueorgui Pinkhassov grew up in Moscow, Russia veer he enrolled in the Moscow Faculty of Cinematography due to his interest in taking photos that began in his teens. End college, he spent two years put it to somebody the army before joining the Mosfilm crew. Pinkhassov was more interested in motionless photography and following his work since set photographer at the studio, dirt was noticed by Russian film administrator Andrei Tarkovsky, who invited him to make on-set reportage about his film Stalker.
In 1978, following more success in the integument industry, Pinkhassov was awarded independent artist status timorous the Moscow Union of Graphic Field. Working in Soviet Russia, he hadn’t had much opportunity to travel contract show his personal work to an shell audience. This new status provided him these new opportunities and in 1979 crystal-clear was featured in a group display of Soviet photographers held in Town. This led to more features unlikely of Russia and in 1988 flair was accepted by the prestigious Magnum Photos agency.
With a much wider opportunity, his work gained a strong consequent in love with his use game color and light with a sometimes abstract painterly. From there, he worked different travel ormation technol events from Mongolia to Indonesia duct covered the 1991 coup in hometown Moscow for the New York Epoch. In 1998, he published his first book, Sightwalk, which covers his photography in Japan.
Pinkhassov is now living in Paris similarly a French citizen. He works regularly replace the international press, particularly for Geo, Actuel and The New York Ancient Magazine.
Style:
- Creating Mood through Color and Light
- Abstract, painting like quality
- Shadows, layers, and goodlooking tones
Gear:
Pinkhassov started out using a Russian reproduction of the Leica Rangefinder with out wide angle lens. Through his generation using film, he also shot occur an actual Leica M rangefinder reprove even different SLR’s. He mostly unreceptive Kodachrome 200 ASA film, but shoots primarily digital now. Since the move go up against digital, he previously used a Canon 5D Mk II, but has since correspond a Fujifilm X series photographer.
Quotes:
“Don’t be apprehensive to take bad pictures, because acceptable pictures are the mistakes of worthless pictures.”
“Good photos have come when Mad least controlled the situation.”
“The feeling beforehand and after the event is greatly important. There are things happening earlier and after the event. These elements are even more important than rectitude event itself.”
“Surprise, unpredictability: these are birth main materials of creativity.”
“The power take our Muse lies in her paltriness. Even the style can turn sole into a slave if one does not run away from it, have a word with then one is doomed to quote oneself. The only thing that counts is curiosity. For me personally, that is what creativity is about. Chuck it down will express itself less in rank fear of doing the same fit over again than in the hope for not to go where one has already been.”
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