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The Countryside is described as the land and scenery of a rural area, located outside towns and cities, that consists of regions including huts, domestic animals, and rustic decor. In the photographic spectrum, Countryside Photography is a broad genre that refers to the photographs of rural areas. The genre is vast in itself when it comes to featuring rural people’s livelihood, their day-to-day pursuit, and rural essence. Countryside photography is incomplete until it showcases images of the rural lifestyle, scenery, and ecosystem. In this majestic issue of Chiiz Photography Magazine, we are personifying our efforts towards the “Countryside” theme. Our readers will witness a fantastic collection in our magazine’s “Feature” section, where we are highlighting Lubos Fecenko, a tremendous countryside photographer from Slovakia. In addition to this, we have Ehsanul Siddiq Aranya, an independent travel and street photographer from Bangladesh, who has captured compelling and eye-catching images. The countryside is just like an old teacher, whose importance increases with the experience. The more time one spends analyzing the rural quintessence and capturing those fresh moments, the more chances of getting awe-inspiring photographs, just like Philip Slotte and David Hixon images, featuring in Chiiz Gallery. With this much enthusiasm, we present an amazing fine-art photographer from Mumbai, India, Jayesh Visave, who has enthralled us with his colorful shapes and patterns under the photostory “Mandala: The Wheel of Life.” Though, this time we are fabricating a magical change in our magazine by featuring some of the best Indian and International photographers in Chiiz Gallery, who are regular contributors to our Chiiz contests. Some of those are Chinmoy Biswas, Sunil Choudhary, and Jukka Heinovirta. In this issue, we are replacing our “App of the Month” section with a more photography specific section, i.e., “Book Review.” This month, we are reviewing the World’s First Photo Book, “Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions” by Anna Atkins. Anna Atkin’s botanical images will enlighten our viewers with the images that were made by the combination of algae specimens, photographic paper, sunlight, and Silhouette captures. In the “Old is Gold” column, our excellent writer Maushi is showcasing a golden photographer Louis Daguerre, who invented the “Daguerreotype process of Photography.” Louis’s one of the earliest images with the title “A Still Life” confuses people to understand whether those are real or artificial faces. In addition to this, we are featuring the happiest and the most delightful photographer Bill Cunningham’s movie in the “Movie Review” section titled “Bill Cunningham New York.” Directed by Richard Press, the film is an astonishing documentary on Bill’s view on New York streets and fashion. We are passing on this issue with our great efforts and research, assuming that our readers will be engaging with this unique issue. People usually interpret the countryside as a subgenre of Landscape and Nature, while this issue changes our perception positively and configures a better understanding of the theme. So, dive deep into this issue comprising heartful efforts by our team and providing the best guide into the world of Countryside photography, and hence, frolic the photographs.
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Lubos Fecenko, originally from Slovakia living in the UK. He started photography in 2016, after buying his first DSLR. He quoted, “I believe in the “Discover>Capture>Edit>Learn>Repeat” process to get better in photography and editing.” mykindascapes
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Matías Fuentes was born and raised in Santiago de Chile. He works as a creative copywriter in an advertising agency. He likes street photography for its infinite details. In his own words, “Street Photography is an obsession for me” matifonts
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Abhik Mondal is a passionate photographer and traveler from Kolkata, India. He loves to travel, experience different cultures, and document them through his photography skills. He is also fortunate enough to be published in various Indian magazines and travelogues. hikmosense
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THE IMPOSSIBLE DESCENT
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‘K2: The Impossible Descent’ tells the story of Bargiel’s historic ski descent. A new feature-length documentary on Red Bull TV (released on July 22) reveals what happened behind the scenes of Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel’s world-first mission. Bargiel was an athlete keeping a low profile when he summited K2 without oxygen and skied from peak to base without removing his skis in 2018. This seemingly impossible challenge had never been completed before or since. The ascent of K2 alone is an extraordinary achievement with one in four people who attempt it never returned. Following a 60+ hour ascent up K2 without supplemental oxygen, Bargiel’s historic route down K2 involved skiing from the summit to the shoulder at 8,000m as quickly as possible to escape the notorious ‘death zone,’ where the body is dying by the minute. Bargiel had to dodge ice falling at the speed of bullets to reach the treacherous Messner Traverse, a barely-climbed narrow route with deep caverns on either side and on to the crevasse-filled KukuczkaPiotrowski route back to base camp. At the time, only Bargiel’s team, including his brother Bartek, knew how perilously close the mission came to failure when his climbing partner Janusz Gołąb became sick. A drone flown by Andrzej’s brother Bartek was used to carry up emergency medical supplies that stabilized Golab and left Bargiel free to continue to the 8,611m summit. That wasn’t the only drone rescue captured in ‘The Impossible Descent,’
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which details the extreme challenges of high-altitude ski mountaineering. When British climber Rick Allen slipped from an ice cliff on the nearby Broad Peak, he was reported dead by his teammates but spotted by Bartek, who used the drone to guide the lost mountaineer back to safety. The drone came into play again, flying up to check the weather when clouds created a whiteout as Bargiel was attempting to pick his way through the technical descent. Bargiel said: “This terrain is really complicated, and you need to ‘read’ the mountain well enough. You take a wrong turn, and you could fall several hundred meters. To be in the right place at the right time, you need all the data.” Now, on the second anniversary of Bargiel’s success, this new Red Bull Media House feature-length documentary reveals the super-human physiology and mind-set that made Bargiel perfect to complete the feat. Slawomir Batyra directed the film, and its Executive Producers were Tom Fish and Michal Zamencki. From Bargiel and his team’s perspective, the film features added comments from experts, including Free Solo film codirector and ski mountaineer Jimmy Chin. Chin said: “There has been a generational shift in the use of technology to assist in doing challenging objectives in the mountains. You want to use everything in your advantage to achieve your goal.”
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Movie Review Bill Cunningham New York Director: Richard Press
Producer: Philip Gefter
Genre: Documentary Special Interest
Production Companies: First Thought Films, The New York Times Company Directors of Photography: Tony Cenicola, Richard Press Editors: Ryan Denmark, Barry Alexander Brown
Initial release: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 (USA, Zeitgeist Films)
Nominations: Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary, MORE Running Time: 84 min.
Bill Cunningham: A Follower of Henry David Thoreau “Bill Cunningham New York”- A movie about the happiest and most delightful personality as a photographer and a human being. Bill Cunningham was so lucky that he found what he loves to do and he does it, and there, he wins grants and affection “Cover of the film” from all over the world, from all who know him and this way, he contributes to our lives and times. Vogue, and the original Details magazine, which once Calling Bill Cunningham, a “fashion photographer” devoted 41 pages to a portfolio of his photos. This would be a massive misunderstanding of his fascinating documentary about famed photographer personality. He is a photographer of people and Bill Cunningham features interviews with Vogue editor what they wear. He is not a “paparazzo.” He doesn’t Anna Wintour, author Tom Wolfe and New York Times know who half the celebrities are and doesn’t care. publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. He’s genuinely fascinated by what people wear. He cycles to social events and openings, street fairs and parades, parks, and markets, and will stop in the middle of the street if he spots an attractive hat. In Bill’s view, fashion begins with creative individuals and not “tastemakers,” He is as interested in T-shirts as evening wear. It’s not that he’s a snob about the high and mighty; he’s sincerely affectionate about whatever people wear, and whoever they are. He works pretty much every day, taking off a little time every Sunday to attend mass.
Bill Cunningham New York: A Beautiful and an Entertaining Documentary In the documentary “Bill Cunningham New York,” Bill celebrates his 80th birthday. Every day of his life, he still pedals around Manhattan on his bicycle, taking photographs of what people are wearing. He has been famous for many years for doing this. His work has been featured in such places as Women’s Wear Daily,
It doesn’t matter if one cares nothing for clothing, fashion, or photography. One might still enjoy “Bill Cunningham New York” because here is a good and joyous man who leads a perfect life, and how many people do we meet like that?. One of the fascinating dramas of the film is this battle to salvage a part of New York’s local color. (Cunningham eventually was relocated at the city’s expense to a more upscale apartment at Columbus Circle; he had the kitchen gutted and turned into an office for his filing cabinets.) The most intriguing segment comes when producer Philip Gefter pries into Cunningham’s personal life. The 80-year-old bachelor never answers the question of whether he is gay, but he confesses matter-of-factly that he has never had a romantic relationship in his life. That revelation may startle some viewers, but the film is a touching tribute to a man whose enduring love affair has been with his work and all the strangers who continue to pique his curiosity. Maushi Journal maushi@chiiz.com
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Maushi Journal is a writer and an amateur photojournalist. She writes poems, poetry & short stories. “I love to work for society, in society & with society. Love is what’s important to me. I want to spread love in the universe”, she quoted her aim. maushi_journal
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Ehsanul Siddiq Aranya is an independent travel & street photographer driven by passion. Capturing different activities of people, location, and culture and showing them to the world is his hobby. According to him “Photography is the medium to show what the world looks like and how it’s changing every day by humans.” ehsanularanya
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Book Review Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions What if somehow a bibliophile and a photographer get to know about the oldest book on photography? What if one gets to see the world’s First Woman Photographer or if one gets to visualize some amazing earliest photographs from the World’s First Photo Book? Here is the answer to all these intellectual questions.
What if somehow a bibliophile and a photographer will get to know about the oldest book on photography? What if one gets to see the world’s First woman photographer or if one gets to visualize some amazing earliest photographs from the World’s First Photo Book? Here is the answer to all these intellectual questions.
Anna Atkins: Woman Behind Cyanotype Impressions
Anna Atkins: Woman Behind Cyanotype Impressions
Anna Atkins (1799–1871)An English botanist and photographer, who is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images of botanical science. Some sources claim that she was the first woman to create a photograph.
About Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, an 1843 book by English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins, who is considered to be the first book ever to be illustrated exclusively with photographs. Only 17 copies of this book are known to exist in the world, and the Book Cover Royal Society’s 403-page, 389-photo copy is thought to be “the only existing copy of the book as Atkins intended.” Other owners of this book include the British Library in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and the New York Public Library.
Anna Atkins (1799–1871)- An English botanist and photographer, who is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images of botanical science. Some sources claim that she was the first woman to create a photograph. About Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, an 1843 book by English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins, who is considered to be the first book ever to be illustrated exclusively with photographs. Only 17 copies of this book are known to exist in the world, and the Royal Society’s 403-page, 389-photo copy is thought to be “the only existing
Atkins placed the Cyanotype algae specimens directly onto photographic paper and then exposed the paper to light, creating silhouette photos of the algae once the paper is developed. Because of this book, it is believed that Atkins may have been Maushi Journal maushi@chiiz.com
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Biman Dey Sarkar, born and brought up in Kolkata, India. He is currently living in Bangalore. He is a software architect by profession, but his passion lies in Travel & Landscape Photography. He is best known for portraying different flavors in travel photography. His frames have been published in Natgeo, Tamron, Outlook and numerous magazines. that.indian.traveller
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Martin Rak is a landscape and travel photographer based in Prague, Czech Republic. After he started with landscape photography in 2009, the hobby soon became his passion. He has won awards such as SWPO National Award winner 2016 and 3rd place in EISA Maestro 2016. martinrakphoto
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Old is Gold A Still Life | Louis Daguerre | 1837
Portrait of Louis Daguerre
Description: Daguerreotype by Louis Daguerre in The Artist’s Studio in 1837. Daguerre’s earliest reliably dated daguerreotype, a still life with plaster casts, was made in 1837. Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) was a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.
Invention of Daguerreotype The daguerreotype (A French Word: daguerréotype) process, or daguerreotypy, was the first publicly available photographic process, widely used during the 1840s and 1850s. The mesmerizing process was invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839. The daguerreotype was almost entirely superseded by 1860 with new, less expensive methods yielding more readily viewable images. There was a revival of daguerreotypy in the late 20th century by a few photographers interested in making artistic use of early photographic processes.
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851), better known as Louis Daguerre, was a French artist and photographer recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. In addition to his fame for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter and a developer of diorama theatre. Born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d’Oise, France, he was apprenticed in architecture, theatre design, and panoramic painting to Pierre Prévost, the
first French panorama painter. Exceedingly adept at his theatrical illusion, he became a celebrated designer for the theatre, and later came to invent the diorama, which opened in Paris in July 1822.
A Still Life Well, Niépce invented photography before Daguerre did, but Daguerre made it practical and famous. In 1829 he negotiated a developmental contract with Niépce to develop the method of heliography. After 1829 and till Niépce’s death in 1833, his son Isidor, who became Daguerre’s partner upon father’s death, did not manage to develop their invention. But Daguerre, who worked independently, moved forward. His idea was to obtain an image on a bright surface of a silver plate saturated with iodine vapors, which made it photosensitive. He put the plate into a camera obscura, exposed, and developed with mercury vapors. After 11 years of experiments, he achieved results in 1837. This result includes the “A Still Life” image that is shown here in the article. He fixed the image developed with the mercury vapors by bathing it in a stable salt and hot water solution. After 1839 he changed salt in the fixation process to natrium sulfate, a locating fixture discovered by John Herschel. As a result, the silver iodide particles that had not been influenced by light washed away. Exposure time in the camera obscura was between 15 and 30 minutes. Daguerre’s fame and recognition grew as his method of obtaining images spread around the world. But after he published the facts about his process, Daguerre did not bring anything new into photography. He lived a secluded life not far from Paris until his death in 1851. Maushi Journal maushi@chiiz.com
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Salt Gatherer Nikon D750 30mm F/4.5 1/160 ISO800
Happy Mukherjee Kolkata, India
Daily life Nikon D750 24mm F/11 1/800 ISO200
Surit Datta Kolkata, India
Education for All Nikon D7200 16mm F/10 1/160 ISO640
Haribabu Beerelli Khammam, India
Bonda Ladies Canon EOS 5D Mark III 95mm F/6.3 1/640 ISO400
Saidulu Peeranayakam Telangana, India
Village Life 35mm F/5.6 1/200 ISO1000
Rajesh Kumar Singh New Delhi, India
Brick Kiln Worker Nikon D 50 29mm F/9 1/4 ISO320
Santosh Bajarang Kale Kolhapur, India
Religion and Beliefs Canon EOS 80D 11mm F/2.8 1/800 ISO100
Subhadip Bose Kolkata, India
It’s a Goal Nikon D810 17mm F/7.1 1/200 ISO800
Snehasish Bodhak Kolkata, India
A Moment of Gajan Festival Canon 1300D 18mm F/3.5 1/100 ISO1600
Sona Dalal Santipur, India
Santosh Bajarang Kale Kolhapur, India
Two Brothers Nikon D5300 18mm F/10 1/100 ISO100
Smiles Canon EOS 80D 24mm F/2.8 1/320 ISO100
Gotimayum Jamesbond Sharma Manipur, India
Arnab Mitra Kolkata, India
Learning is an Asset Nikon D500 34mm F/8 1/160 ISO250
Eyes Nikon D7000 30mm F/4.2 1/20 ISO2000
Himel Abir Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Life is River and Fishing 50mm F/10 1/40 ISO100
Through the Beauty Nikon D3100 55mm F/10 1/60 ISO400
Chinmoy Biswas is a school teacher by profession and a photographer by passion. Mr Sudip Roychoudhury injected this passion into him. He began his journey with Photography early in 2013. In his own words “I Dream to create a world of Photography of my own.” chinmoybiswas76
Flying Childhood Nikon D3100 24mm F/10 1/200 ISO100
Homebound Nikon D7200 110mm F/5.6 1/500 ISO500
Three People and Six Wheels Nikon D7200 140mm F/10 1/500 ISO320
Grandmother’s Class Nikon D7200 16mm F/9 1/100 ISO400
Waterlily Collector Nikon D7200 30mm F/9 1/250 ISO100
Light Trails of Houseboats Canon kiss x9i 10mm F/11 120’’ ISO100
Scissors Sony A7RIII 10mm F/11 15’’ ISO100
Kaoru Tsuchiya is a night-landscape photographer based in Tokyo. For the last two years, he has been extensively capturing and documenting the hidden beauty of Tokyo’s nightlife. kt1120.kt
Tokyo Skytree Sony A7RIII 16mm F/11 1’’ ISO100
Sukiyabashi Crossing Sony A7RIII 10mm F/22 30’’ ISO100
Minato Mirai Sony A7RIII 16mm F/12 1’’ ISO100
Tokyo Tower - Symbol of Tokyo Sony A7RIII 12mm F/12 8’’ ISO100
Star Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/13 1/100 ISO100
Lucky Jaiswal is a manufacturing professional living in Pune, India. He has discovered his love for Macro Photography in 2017 & since then, he has continuously focussed upon improving his skills & upgrading his setup design to learn and create new techniques in Macro Photography. He is also running a group called “Pune Macrographers” to change the common opinion of people for macro from “Eww to Wow”... Aliens are Real Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/13 1/100 ISO100
Sleeping Beauty Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/16 1/125 ISO100
Dainty Dandelion Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/20 1/160 ISO100
Macro Rainbow Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/13 1/160 ISO100
Beauty of the Dead Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/14 1/320 ISO100
Overwhelmed with Iridescence Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/6.3 1/125 ISO200
Knock Knock, May I Come In ? Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/16 1/160 ISO100
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/14 1/100 ISO100
Bug Hatch-lings Canon EOS 5D Mark 3 65mm F/13 1/200 ISO640
Wonders of Nature Olympus OMD EM10 Mark III 60mm F/22 1/320 ISO100
Standing Tall Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 100mm F/13 1/160 ISO100
Net Winged Beetle Olympus OMD EM1 Mark III 60mm F/10 1/160 ISO100
B3 Bomber Olympus OMD EM1 Mark III 60mm F/22 1/320 ISO100
Glaring Eyes Nikon D5300 48mm F/6.3 1/100 ISO400
Child in Black Veil Nikon D5300 22mm F/8 1/125 ISO400
Abhishek Basak, a photoartist of Kolkata. He loves to capture portraits, the daily life of people, travel, and street. He has received more than 900 awards from different national and international competitions. His work has been exhibited in more than 80 countries. In addition to this, he has judged various photographic competitions too. abhishek.basak.714
Tribal Girl Nikon D5300 42mm F/6.3 1/160 ISO400
Deeply Focused Nikon D5300 20mm F/5 1/160 ISO400
My Playmate Nikon D5300 40mm F/7.1 1/125 ISO400
The Old Man Nikon D5300 32mm F/8 1/160 ISO400
Moustache Man Nikon D5300 28mm F/8 1/125 ISO400
Behind the Mask Nikon D5300 24mm F/7.1 1/160 ISO320
Look From the Window Nikon D5300 24mm F/5 1/50 ISO500
MODEL
OF THE MONTH
Height: 172 cm Bust: 88 cm Waist: 62 cm Hips: 86 cm
SVETLANA LAKUNINA
Svetlana Lakunina, 23 years old, is an inquisitive and aspiring medical student. During her free time, she loves being magical. Together with her sister Kristina, an amazing magical photographer, they create beauty. Kristina Makeeva ( hobopeeba ) from Moscow always tries to show her viewer the beauty that surrounds us every day in the simple things around. “Today isn’t just another day. Today I’ll create something beautiful.” is her inspiring slogan for carpe diem thought lovers. chashashuli
MANDALA The Circle of Life
Garbhasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Bhujangasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Jayesh Visave is a fine-art photographer based in Mumbai,India. Currently, he is pursuing his final year BFA in Applied Arts from Sir. J J Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai. He has been photographing for almost 6 years. jayesh.visave
Parivartasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Mandala is representing the universe. The circular design symbolizes the idea that life is neverending, and everything is connected. Mandala also means a spiritual journey within an individual. So, the first level is understanding the unity in the cosmos, and secondly, each individual must find their own place within it. It is sometimes drawn as a circle enclosing a square with a deity on each side that is mainly used to aid in meditation and yoga. These Mandalas have many uses apart from meditation, such as the designs are meant to remove irritating thoughts and allow the creative mind to run free and relax.
In his own words, “MANDALA- The Wheel of Life: In this project, I have used photo language. Maybe it does not contain letters or brushes, but it has a scene and fiction. Neither nature nor people have integrity and continuity formed by a continuous chain. Everything is aimed to understand the whole. Life and death, which are described at the same time in my bipolar photography, illustrate my hybrid expression. Ultimately, I created and looked at mandalas to center the body and mind.�
Uttanasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Vikasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Navasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Muktasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Konasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Paschimottasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100
Kapotasana Mandala Canon Mark II 6D F/8 1/160 ISO100