M Y NAME IS K ARLINA V ITOLINA , I' M BORN ON 1982, 17 TH N OVEMBER . I STARTED TO PHOTOGRAPH WHEN I WAS 16 TEEN WHILE STUDYING PAINTING AT J ANIS R OZENTAL ' S R IGA A RT S CHOOL (JRRMV) FROM 1994-2000 AFTER I GRADUATED FROM R IGA D ESIGN AND A RT S CHOOL (RDMV) 2000-2004 FROM 2007-2006 I STUDIED AT U NIVERSITY OF L ATVIA , F ACULTY OF H ISTORY AND P HILOSOPHY AT 2007 I WENT TO L ONDON TO TAKE COURSES AT C ENTRAL S AINT M ARTINS (CSM) AT P ORTRAIT P HOTOGRAPHY AND D IGITAL I MAGING . L ONDON HAS ALWAYS FASCINATED ME AS A VULCANO OF CREATIVE THOUGHT . A FTER L ONDON I WENT TO STUDY TO FAMU A CADEMY OF P ERFORMING A RTS , P RAGUE , D EPARTMENT OF P HOTOGRAPHY . I LEARNED PHOTOGRAPHY AT ITS CORE , IT ' S LIGHT AND DARKNESS , MAGIC AND HARD WORK AT DARKROOM AND BRILLIANCE AND MISERY , AT SAME TIME WHAT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY REPRESENTS TODAY VIA TECHNOLOGY BOOM . I APPRECIATE SUBTLE POWER OF ANALOGUE AND POSSIBILITYS WHAT DIGITAL HAS TO OFFER . I LOVE B EAUTY . W ORK EXPERIENCE AND PROJECTS : 2013 K ARLINAS V ITOLINAS S OLO E XHIBITION ''P ORTRAITS '' AT A RT F ESTIVAL ''C ESIS 2013'' 2014 S OLO EXHIBITION SELF PORTRAITS ‘’M YSTERIOUS I SLAND ’’ AT ‘’V INA STUDIA ’’ R IGA . P HOTO BOOK / AGENDA FOR YEAR 2014 IN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS ISSUED BY Z VAIGZNE ABC. 2015 P HOTOGRAPHS FOR BOOK ‘’L AIMA .L INEN .L ATVIA ’’ IN COLLABORATION WITH TEXTILE DESIGNER L AIMA K AUGURE . 2016 UPB PRIVATE COLLECTION GROUP SHOW AT M ARK R OTHKO CENTER D AUGAVPILS , S OLO EXHIBITION ’’L OVE ’’ AT L IEPAJAS M USEUM .
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY AS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CINEMA AND PHOTOGRAPHY . H OWEVER MODERN THE ARTISTIC MEANS OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARE TODAY , I AM STRIVING TO ACHIEVE SWEET AND FASCINATING AND AT THE SAME TIME STATIC AND OVERALL ELEGANT MOOD WHAT INSPIRES ME FORM CLASSIC I TALIAN CINEMA IN COMBINATION WITH THE BLACK - AND - WHITE H OLLYWOOD MOVIES , IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS THE LIGHTNING WHICH MAKES THE CHARACTERS AND CONTENTS SO DELICATE , VIBRANT , ROMANTIC , CHARISMATIC AND PERFECT ALL IN ALL . I TRULY BELIEVE THAT AN IMAGE CAN BE A TRUE EMBODIMENT OF THOUGHT AND CONSCIOUSNESS THAT AT TIMES CAN REVEAL MORE THAN LANGUAGE . I HAVE BEEN STUDYING PAINTING SINCE CHILDHOOD AND NATURAL LIGHT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME THAN WORKING IN STUDIO . I CAN CREATE MOOD WITH ALL EXISTING LIGHT OBJECTS I CAN FIND AT LOCATION WHERE I PHOTOGRAPH . I T IS IMPORTANT TO ME ACHIEVE PAINTING LIKE TOUCH TO MY WORK . I HAVE STUDIED IN C ENTRAL S AINT M ARTINS , F ILM PHOTOGRAPHY AT FAMU, P RAGUE AND HAVE LIVED IN P ARIS . U SUALLY FOR MY PHOTOS I DO MAKE UP AND ARTISTIC DIRECTION BY MYSELF BUT FOR CERTAINT PROJECTS I LOVE TO COLLABORATE WITH PASSIONATE PROFESSIONALS . W HAT I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ACHIEVING IS BRINGING TO LIFE THE ELEGANCE OF 80 S AND 90 S IN MY WORK , MIXING IT WITH THE ABSOLUTELY LUXURIOUS FEEL OF R ENAISSANCE , FOR EXAMPLE . A T THE SAME TIME , I ENJOY THE SIMPLE OBSERVATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE NUANCES , WHICH SHAPE EACH PERSONALITY IN FRONT OF ME . I FIND PORTRAITS MOST ALLURING , ESPECIALLY IF FACIAL TRAITS , BODY GESTURES OF THE OBJECT OBSERVED SEEM TO REVEAL THE DEPTHS OF EVERYTHING THAT IS HIDDEN BEHIND . I ABSOLUTELY ENJOY ECLECTICISM AS A FORM OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION . I AM NOT SO MUCH ATTRACTED TO ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY , WHICH SURROUNDS US ON DAILY BASIS . I WOULD BE MORE KEEN TO CAPTURE THE INVISIBLE PERFUME IN A CRYSTAL BOTTLE . B Y K ARLINA V ITOLINA , KARLINAVITOLINA @ GMAIL . COM ;
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