Stream of Consciousness .1
Stream of Consciousness .1
First set in the Stream of Consciousness project. Still not sure where this is going… but that just makes it more fun…
Her Morning Elegance: Poetry in Motion
Take a beautiful song, add a great visual idea to go along with it, spice it with perfect execution, and this is what you get.
The Song: Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie.
Directed by Oren Lavie, Yuval and Merav Nathan
Photography: Eyal Landesman
Be ready to be speechless…
- Lidor Wyssocky
Coming Soon: One City — Two Worlds
Coming soon to Fragments, Reloaded: an annotated overview of the Modern Times series. It will include some of my insights, thoughts, and tips from behind the scenes of the series.
Meanwhile, you are invited to exlore the series in my gallery.
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Part of the Modern Times series.
See the entire series at my gallery.
Coming soon to Fragments, Reloaded: an annotated overview of the Modern Times series.
The Art of Katie Lee
I am very excited to introduce Fragments, Reloaded first featured artist: Katie Lee.
I came across Katie’s work in Flickr, and immediately fell in love with it. Katie’s photos are visually captivating. But what I love most about her work is the fact that Katie is a true visual story teller. Each one of Katie’s photos creates an entire world encapsulated in a single frame — a world you cannot stay indifferent to. Each one of her photos invites you in, and you really don’t want to leave.
“It isn’t enough for me to just create pretty images - anyone can do that,” she explains. “I’m always looking to add another layer to my photography — the substance and meaning behind it. When it comes to visual art, people really just want to feel something.”
The photos below are a small selection from her wonderful project “The Artistry of Self”.
Katie Lee’s Web Site: www.eyenex.us
Agoraphobia
This photo is part of the Around The Corner series.
Explore the entire series in my gallery.
World Press Photo 2008
I just came back from the World Press Photo 2008 exhibition. It’s hard for me to describe my feelings. The best thing I can say is: I am both amazed and shocked — both speechless and troubled. Probably just as the people behind this important organization intended it to be.
I do not want to talk about the photos showing violent scenes, blood, weapons, crying people, wounded people, and dead people. I do want to talk about one photo telling a horrible story without showing any of those. A photo not taken in the heat of a battle or immediately after an act of terror. A photo that looks as if it was taken in a studio — with perfect lighting, with everything just in place, and with a girl sitting on a chair staring strait at the camera with a blank expression.
The dissonance between the technical perfection of that photo and the story behind it, and the fact that the story is being told without showing any explicit act of violence, kept me hypnotized — staring at Francesco Zizola’s work for long minutes.
I could only wish this story, as well as others I was exposed to today, wasn’t real. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
– Lidor Wyssocky
The Stories Behind The News
If there is one domain in photography that defined Visual Story Telling as its goal, it is without a doubt photojournalism. Photojournalism is all about photos that tell stories — real stories. A photo can clearly add depth to a news story. Sometimes, a photo does a better job in telling the story than any combination of words can.
For that reason I was very excited when my friend send me the link to the New York Times’ 2008 in Pictures. This collection of photos beautifully demonstrates the realistic branch of Visual Story Telling. But this is only the beginning…
As I browsed this amazing gallery, I started to see other stories. I let myself forget the real news story that was the trigger to each photo. Instead, I tried to let each photo open the door to other stories — imaginary ones.
This is what makes the photos is this gallery so strong. They don’t only complement news items. Each of them is a creation on its own merits. They don’t only tell “the” story. They can tell numerous stories. If you just let them….
– Lidor Wyssocky