Greetings, children!

Indeed, I sometimes realize that I keep forgetting to upload
my new works here. Actually, I keep forgetting to upload them
anywhere else as well. My understanding of Photograph is
undergoing critical changes over the last year. I wish I had time
to lay them out in a written form. In short, I am more and more
disposed to think that the Protograph is a material object, meaning,
something that one can touch and hold in hands. This definition
basically makes the digital image a non-Photography. So uploading
such image and sharing it has value which is close to zero.

I must confess, such heretic thoughts might have come
out of darkroom, where I spend quite a lot of time every week.
But please, don't take this as purist's preaching, for I am not
a purist. Yet. Anyways, I strive to create a Photograph that is
unique piece of art. Sounds like a maximalism? Well, maybe it is a
maximalism. I also might sound as one who deliberately narrows
the circle of people who can observe the result of my work
and give me a proper feedback, which is also might be true. I hope
that that feedback will be more relevant and useful for me as an artist.

That been said, I will 'probably' post here very sporadically. I've really
raised my own bar of quality very high.


Sonar

Spooky night to everyone!)

Thanks,
S

Yes, I am symmetry freak

Greetings!

   There are good DA groups, there are bad DA groups. I've seen a lot good and bad. But there is one that really stands out: #medium-large. If you shoot medium or large format stuff, like I do, this is probably the first place you'd probably want to contribute to, right? I naively thought so too.
   It appeared that to submit your art to this group you have to be REALLY lucky. It's really funny how the management tries to avoid any responsibility for voting against the deviations that just meant to be exposed in the group's gallery. When your works gets rejected (normally with no explanation) and you try to figure out why, you'll probably get the answers like "Don't blame me, it wasn't solely my decision", "My vote wasn't decisive tie-breaker, the majority was against your work".
   It's even more funny to get a response like this "Dude, I don't get your idea. I think your composition is really bad. And don't forget to clean up the dust when scanning your negatives". It's ok to clean the negatives, I totally agree, but the judgment of the composition should be left a separate thing. Anyways, when I humbly explained my idea and composition to the management guy, his/her response was like: "Hm, now your deviation makes much more sense...". How much time you think this person spent deciding whether to approve or to reject? Five seconds?
   
  I now say the obvious thing, but still: being a group's admin is a heavy duty responsibility. That's why I personally has quit from several group's management.
    
  Sonar

  PS. Please note that #medium-large' policy forbids re-submitting the works, so once rejected, they are kinda condemned forever! Sweeet!

Guys,

FYI, I'm in NYC for one year.

S.

Check out my latest series:

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Greetings, friends

This is the official announcement. I soon will be moving to NYC area and will stay there for a while. Most probably I will be Jersey City based. Feel free to book me for creative photo shoots!

PS. If anyone in this area has unneeded medium format photo enlarger - drop me a line!!!

Thanks a lot.
Alex