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Viktor Ivanovych Maruschenko held a talk at RA gallery on the state of the modern photographic art as part of KievFotoCom festival events. His talk shed light on Ukrainian photographer’s career and the discontents of Ukrainian culture.He called photo technique and a dozen of tricks that makes photo work - a language - which was kind of cute.
Professional is one who earns money off photography, not necessarily trained in the craft. They always separate their art from their earning activities. Known authors always display a signature thing (Blue Dog). Ability to sell one’s art is important, as well as circulation in the crowd. Individual shows at the right places and articles in the art media help. Photographer has to have something to say. He has to have an individual point of view. Lots to shoot, lots to see and to know is the key thing to do. Technique, photo-vision and visual culture is the key thing to have. Successful photographers were either pioneers or revolutionaries of the craft.

Photography split up onto documentary and staged. Although documentary photos can be staged to some extent. The photographer these days is not more then the author of a concept. Presentation is just as important as the concept. Photos live within a concept of a project. This concept is more important then the image. Electronic media took over 40-60% of the Venice biennale exhibit items. Concept ideas are either self-sufficient or need additional information. A cut of social circles staring at the camera in its native interior is a common trend. General content of the art work shifted towards marginality away from the beauty, else called anti- aestetization. The artist engages viewers not visually but emotionally.

Only newspapers continue  using single shots. There single shots are either capture an interesting moment, presents with a contrast or complementation of subject to background or cover significant events. Moment, proximity to the subject, and an advantageous vantage point form which to shoot compare single-picture photography to hunting.
In portrait photography a rapport with a model is essential to creative intelligent pix.

The evils of good photo - formalization (perspective, experimentation with shot angle) and cliche’.

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