This book presentation is part of our “Looking Back to the Future” project, aiming to provide a bird’s eye view on cultural initiatives, texts, publications and exhibitions over the last three decades (and beyond) that have contributed in defining contemporary Romanian photographic expression.
Edited by
A. G. Konev,
Z. G. Prokopishina,
A. L. Sadagurskaya
Published by
Timpul Publishing House
1985, Chișinău
Artists
Tamara Ananina, Pavel Balan, Valeriu Bodiu, Victor Bojenco, Iosef Berenstein, Mihail Blonstein, Anatolie Vitcovschi, Valeriu Volontir, Vladimir Gaidaș, Vladimir Galperin, Semion Galperin, Meer Gerșberg, Anatolie Gomoniuk, Evgheni Gorbunov, Andrei Grinko, Vladimir Dobrynin, Israel Zemsman, Igor Zenin, Yuri Zenin, Stanislav Ivanușchin, Yuri Kapes, Boris Kapnin,
Serghei Kartașev, Serghei Kațiuc, Ivan Chibzii, Evgheni Chiblic, Yuri Cozlovschi, Grigory Kornienko, Ivan Cupnâi, Anatolie Lâcov, Stepan Osecikin, Alexander Palamar, Vladlen Pinsky, Mihai Potârniche, Valeriu Protasov, Victor Rahmanov, Mark Rașcovschi, Eduard Semionov, Vladimir Sinițchi, Albert Simanovschi, Serghei Țipliuhin
“Here is an album dedicated to the art of Moldavian photography.
While a good deal of publications issued in Moldavia nowadays make use of artistic photographs, nevertheless, this is the first collection compiling some of the best works of Moldavian photographers in recent years.”
“It presents works of both venerable authors, participants and winners of Union and International exhibitions / contests, as well as works of younger emerging artists, who are just finding their creative character.”
“Art often considers a human personality in relation to social ideas and aspirations. Fundamental analysis of a hero’s inner world and interest towards a meditation on life, typical for Moldavian literature, painting, theatre and cinema, could not but touch photography eventually.
It is likewise the vessel of a new approach to the investigation of reality, while it attempts to reveal the spiritual world of a worker (the real hero of our days), not under exceptional but under everyday circumstances.”
“The reality fixing method, previously dominated by “decisive moments”, has given way to more profound notions of coverage, like those of prolonged observation or pre-shooting arrangements of material and cooperation the subjects.
At the same time, the language of photographic allegories and metaphors captured from reality through means of composition, light techniques and complex printing methods are vigorously mastered.”
“Our time is characterized by a rapid pulse and photography lives just as well under the rhythm of this pulse. The camera is in search for new impressions, new topics, trying to expand geographical frames as wide as possible and, in this catalogue, you will find images indirectly connected with Moldavia.
But they likewise clearly express the same attention to humans and their deeds, a similar cordiality, warmth and invariable feeling of friendship.”
“Different expressive means are required in order to generalize observations, commemorate the typical but not the individual features, therefore reaching the ideal. The image is completed with a new quality — being used both with and as metaphor.
It has become obvious that a discontinued instant, while charming, cannot render the fullness of our knowledge of life.”
“Our comprehension of the notion of photographic time has changed. Nowadays, the photographers are bold in taking creative decisions when still-time seems to embody not only the grasped moment, but a sum of moments. It has become obvious that a discontinued instant, while charming, cannot render the fullness of our knowledge of life.”
text authored by V. Stigneyev
Romanian Contemporary Photography INFLUX – Looking Back to the Future
The “Looking Back to the Future” project aims to provides a bird’s eye view on the use of photography in the Romanian art scene spanning across the last three decades (and beyond). By showcasing texts, publications and exhibitions of relevancy in the this (not so) recent history, we can outline the development of this medium, highlighting the major transformations and trends that have defined the Romanian photographic expression.
This project was co-funded by the National Cultural Fund Administration (AFCN). It does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration and AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or for how the project results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding beneficiary.