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nr 03/2012
analog orthodox bulletin nr 03/2012
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analog orthodox bulletin I’d like to share with you a letter I received from one of our passionate readers. Henry Luce (yes the same man who founded Life magazine) wrote to us:
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„Dear editor Thank you immeasureably for such a positive surge of energy, which was provided to me by AOrta. I felt as if I had returned to my best years, when I was editor of Life. Those were the days!. Cigarettes, alcohol, sex ... It is therefore a true and nostalgic pleasure to follow the development of your magazine. Number one was great, but number two put to rest any criticism, if one was so boorish to criticize your masterpiece. Sophisticated selection of themes, great pictures, all topped with a sublime sense of humor. Well done gentlemen! I will send the boys from Magnum to you, maybe you could choose something for publication. They have pretty good material with Salvador Dali. Perhaps you gentlemen could explain to me how it is possible to like „melting clocks”? Or do not bother yourself with it, I’ll talk to him. Keep up the good work .... With sincere greetings, Your Henry „ Well, that’s what a letter from Henry would most probably have looked like, if not for the fact that Henry has long since left this mundane world, along with his baby - Life. But dreaming doesn’t cost anything. Such praise (even if it is imaginary)
fills a person’s sails with wind motivates us to get down to work with redoubled commitment. Henry, thank you for your warm words - we are very pleased that you are happy with AOrta and appreciate our work, even before its editors were born. Time, however,to come back to earth: Presenting the third issue of AOrta. In this issue we examine the male portrait. We have gathered material for you from all over the world, all linked to one common feature: the story of man immortalized in photograph. Some of the characters toil and sweat to support his family, others are extreme individualists with captivating stories. We cordially invite you to flip through pages and peruse the contents. We have for you also, of course, architecture, portraits and female nudes. Tradition obliges. I am delighted with your interest in our work and letters from fans such as Henry. From here I want to wish all our readers a good holiday and great frames to measure the World Press Photo. Do not forget all about us when you win a prize. We are happy to post photos of the WPP winners in upcoming releases! Yours sincerely, Bartosz Rogowski Editor
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Tomasz Zych
The hell, the sink and the white rabbit Aleksandra Zaborowska
Freckles Piotr Krysiak
Looking is never innocent Patryk Morzonek
Oranges and tangerines Paweł Dziurka
1” of place Jacek URG Ostrowski
f290 Bartosz Rogowski
DeeJay Maciej Leśniak
Collodions Mario Janiszewski
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The hell, the sink and the white rabbit Tomasz Zych
One could describe Helsinki in a simple way: capital city, fast living, loud, heavy traffic, city that never sleeps. Yes, you could do that, but it wouldn’t be true. Helsinki is one big slow city. Walkways aren’t very noisy and it would be hard to get lost in the crowd. It is unusual especially when you consider a fact, that Helsinki is a home city to a quarter of the whole Finland’s population. Of course it doesn’t mean that Helsinki is a city with no activity. It’s a city of contrasts, where modern architecture borders green areas. Sometimes it takes to walk a hundred yards to reach a boat that allows you to sail away leaving all your problems on a shore. Even if you don’t own a boat (like most of us) you can take a seat right on the grass or in the local tavern and listen to the waves sipping your favorite wine… Rural landscapes and modern architecture contrasts with abandoned docks, where one can spray his/hers share of graffiti, while munching on a grilled reindeer meat. Finnish people are considered to be the most cultural nation on Earth, and that saying is very true. Kind and friendly but never expansive and hot tempered. Looks like cold climate doesn’t go well with hot head.
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The hell, the sink and the white rabbit | Tomasz Zych
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Freckles Aleksandra Zaborowska
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Freckles | Aleksandra Zaborowska
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Looking is never innocent...
Piotr Krysiak
Inspiration is a very important factor of the artist’s creative process. For me, inspiration is the sensuality and mystery that a woman has inside, I try to show a person who seems to be a frame taken out of a film. The rest is left to the imagination of the viewer. The first factor is sensuality and mystery, the second one is lighting. Photography does not exist without lighting. The lighting which creates the ambience and atmosphere must seduce the viewer. There is no lighting without shade. The fruit of a romance between shade and lighting is the convexity of the plane image. Another element in my world of photography is the photographic film in which the factors mentioned above find their home. The question is why analogue photography in the world of digital cameras? On the one hand, the vividness of the image, and on the other hand the fact that you can’t see the results of your work on the spot, you must be aware that you have a dozen mages and the photo must be good, while with a digital camera you can soot as many photos as you want. For me, photography is still magic from lighting through the photographic processing to the final result.
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Looking is never innocent | Piotr Krysiak
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Oranges and tangerines Patryk Morzonek
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1” of place
Paweł Dziurka
The photographs show my friends in two different situations. The first situation takes place in a domestic environment, while the second one in the environment typical of the person. The moments, which the photographs capture, are the images from my memory which I associate with each person. The photographs are portraits hiding their faces. The surroundings, where my heroes are, and the gesture shown in each situation, is the main excuse to present, describe and characterize each person. I was allowed to enter a private space and thanks to that I was able to show and describe each person in the best possible way. The title of the work is also related to the time of shutter opening. The whole work was done with Hasselblad 503CX + 80/2.8 on Kodak Portra 400 negatives.
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f290 Jacek URG Ostrowski
Pinhole. Camera obscure. Progenitor of photography. Primitive form. Behind a pinhole lies absolute and unrestricted reign of light. No corrections, no adjustments. Only light. Large diaphragms: f200, f400… Time has mo meaning. 3 minutes, 3 hours, 30 days. If something’s moving - it doesn’t exist. Sun becomes an arch, people become shadows. Two hour photo session results in one frame. One can learn a lot of humility. A little tick on a planet’s skin. Planet of garbage, planet of death. Tattered shapes just touched by light. What we leave behind us will exist for centuries. It won’t be monuments. One has to be careful with pinholes: if you try to investigate how really deep is the hole you may actually teleport to a different world. The world where Schwarzschild is the king.
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f290 | Jacek URG Ostrowski
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DeeJay
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Collodions Maciej Leśniak
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Workers Mario Janiszewski
Minimal wages, extreme conditions, outdated technologies. These words perfectly describe metallurgical industry in one of the poorest Asian country: Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands workers risk their lives everyday. They patiently bear all misfortunes knowing, that their hard work is the only way to support their families.
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Crew: Michał Deluga Konrad Adam Mickiewicz Mariusz Janiszewski Wojciech Pokwicki Konrad Siuda Marcin Żabiełowicz Bartosz Rogowski