In the Gallery of Arts Zurab Tsereteli is open exhibition of French photographer Ray Guest «Portfolio number 7»

From 28 March to 17 April in the Gallery of Arts Zurab Tsereteli at the festival «Fashion and Style in Photography 2009» open exhibition of French photographer Ray Guest «Portfolio number 7».

Most argue that the best fashion photography - this is especially the images of people, and then in fashion, though probably with this statement may be debatable. Among the established Ray Guests, many go beyond the purely formal experiments. These pictures really have strong emotional and psychological expression, and not just show us a beautiful model, perhaps, is optional when it comes to the presentation of a style of fashion. Best for the past ten years, images of Ray Guest convincingly argue that the source of it and tion serves as a mutual understanding, which is installed between the photographer and posing it to people.

Not being an artist or a hard-abusing trust, Guest nevertheless able to avoid the artificial plaque, typical of the usual fashion photos. And the result, despite its obvious commercial purpose, most often resembles rather informal, but not rigidly determined laws of advertising portrait.

In an era when professional photographers is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from many colleagues, individual style Guest easily recognizable. He was executed drama, special forces, and almost always embodied in a deeply saturated, and tempting black and white. Guest almost always builds a certain subject with the participation of its models - is not just a story with the sequence of events, but skillfully built context, which allows its heroines to act freely, as he himself act as a filmmaker, actor-improviser guideline.

search for the ideal of fashion photographer, to a certain extent, always remain unsuccessful, as he pursues the chimera. Not this illusion, but something just as elusive. Creativity modern fashion photographer, who «bursts» makes many thousands of images, is the persistent pursuit of a chimera. But Guest photos, despite the apparent contradiction, show us a very concrete way, self-confident modern woman. His models do not necessarily represent the «typical» or «secondary» woman of our time, but they nevertheless reveal the character of the heroine, rising at a fairly high degree of freedom and independence. The sense of independence is precisely reflected in these compositions: strange as it may looked fantastic scenery Guest, the viewer never under the impression that it is women who manipulates.

These heroines, though their identities could be assigned to a particular physical type. High, thin, they are to some extent androginny. Aesthetics Anonymous obviously does not recognize «milashek». Guests formed a very modern and very urban concept refinement, particularly evident when shooting in unusual, non-atmosphere. Out of familiar habitat, these glamorous women are among the sand dunes or on the sea coast, which creates the effect of contrast budorazhaschy us. Heroines spend your vacation at the occasion of inappropriate clothing, and their presence is almost surreal, and here is one of the most important features, revealing the charm of these photographs.

«To be sure, - said the photographer - I do not know what to do to get a good fashion photography. Here, even if all planned in advance, never to count on the desired result. How much or spend time on preparation, the effect is achieved only when you went and did it. I do not want my idea has gained only graphically embodied form, so I will not subsequently kadriruyu pictures. Any "kadrirovka, even with the biggest plans, is already in the viewfinder. In my work, I try to be truthful, although I do not fully understand what it means to "true." There is no simple way - if you want from the beginning to show in your photo impressive person ugly, it is trash. On the other hand, and beauty can not be "done." Again I come to this vague word "truth": perhaps the most important - is to say something truthful about yourself and about your perception of what a woman sees this ».

exhibition in the Zurab Tsereteli Gallery of Arts (Prechistenka, 19) is open from 12.00 to 20.00, Sunday from 12.00 to 19.00, every day except the last Monday of the month.

Source: mdf.ru