Welcome to Fragments, Reloaded

Years ago, right after I bought my first SLR camera, I was eager to find beautiful places and subjects to photograph. I immediately begun touring the classic locations — locations you can see on every postcard - trying to find just the right angle, the right light, and the composition to take yet another postcard-like photo.

It didn’t take long until I felt I ran out of locations. So I switched to cats. They were all so adorable, as if they were created to be photographed. But you can imagine how disappointed I was if by any chance I didn’t find a cat in one of my photo sessions. And when more and more photos looked like “just another cat”, I had to switch to something else. Flowers seemed like a good idea.

After less than a year, I ran out of locations, cats, flowers, and… ideas. I gradually stopped photographing.

A few years later, I opened a dusty album with what I once thought to be my best photos. I found them boring. I stared at them, and they made me feel nothing. They were just a bunch of mute old photos. One photo, however, did catch my eyes. It showed part of a vine - a branch with few leaves on a sunset background. I didn’t understand why I keep staring at it. It seemed so ordinary. But then I saw it.

There it was: a silhouette — a skinny figure holding flowers for his love. The minute I saw it, I knew I am going to start photographing again. I knew I am going to do it differently this time. I realized I didn’t need to look for beautiful subjects or scenery.  I just had to open my eyes and look around me.

Since then I walk the streets with my camera looking for fragments of reality — fragments I use as raw material for telling stories. In my works I try to create a door to a world of infinite stories. Stories that exist only in the viewer’s mind.

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Welcome to Fragments, Reloaded. My name is Lidor Wyssocky, and you just happened to come across my humble photography blog.

Fragments, Reloaded is first and foremost my Photoblog (replacing my former photoblog). But with Fragments, Reloaded I decided not only to share my work, but also to share my experience and insights about Photography in general and Visual Story Telling in particular. Therefore a significant part of my new blog is dedicated to articles, tips, and a look behind the scene of my work. Every once in a while I will present the work of a Featured Artist. And, hopefully, that’s only the beginning.

I invite you not only to be a viewer and a reader, but also to take an active part in shaping Fragments, Reloaded. If you have any idea, comment, question, or just some kind words to share, please feel free to post a comment or contact me personally. I promise to respond.

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You are invited to join the ride. And remember: Stories are everywhere. Enjoy.

Lidor Wyssocky