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Journal PATTERN MAGAZINE has existed since December 2011. On that day, first met the current composition of the editors to discuss the first issue. Two months later, comes out February issue. The magazine will be published once a month. In each issue we will introduce you to the photographers, stylists, makeup artists and photo models from around the world. This magazine is about people, teams, ideas and their implementations. The magazine is distributed absolutely free of charge from various sources on the Internet. Was chosen as the most popular format for distributing magazines online - pdf. Editorial team, it’s the volunteers who are interested in photography and are ambitious enough. Team glossy magazine is still formed and we welcome new sponsors and participants of this project.
ISSN 2226 - 2415 Publisher: International electronic journal PATTERN MAGAZINE Address: Russian Federation, Moscow, Novocherkassk Boulevard, 13 Contact: mail@pattern-magazine.com
The second number of our magazine was given a much harder first. We knew that and we were prepared to do so. But still much remains only in the plans for the third, fourth, etc. According to the first issue, we bring our apologies to Izyanova Tatyana, because not publicate links to her personal web site. In this issue we have corrected this oversight. Tatiana is presented in the updated gallery. We have changed our main section of the magazine. Now it is divided into three main parts. “Gallery”, “Affection” and “Our project”. I hope these changes will help you find our magazine more fun. Best regards, editor in chief Serge Serebryannikov.
original image used for cover Copyrights to Magdalena Berny
DARIUSZ KLIMCZAK POLAND
Tell us a little about yourself. How did you start photographing? How did you become a photographer? Dariusz Klimczak, 44 years. I live with my family in Poland, in the village near the Baltic Sea. I work at home, I am a freelancer. Before I was a journalist and photo reporter.
Who do you first show your pictures to? The first person who saw my pictures, it was Mariusz, a friend from my childhood. Together we started the adventure with photography, then still only analog.
What is your attitude to criticism? And are you self-critical? Always willing to listen to the criticisms (no one is infallible). It happens that someone sees an error that I overlooked. Repeatedly under the influence of observations improves their work. Do you trust the opinion of your friends when they look at your photos? My friends know that they better tell me the worst of the truth than to lie. I demand from them that they were ruthless and my weak point at work, or the fact that I am not the original or a repeat.
What is your source of inspiration? I have no standards or authorities. Sometimes just a piece of architecture, landscape or an interesting texture to suggest to me the idea.
Your work is no longer a classical photo, but still not digital art. It lies somewhere between. It’s amazing. How did you come to this style? I try to keep a semblance of realism, even in the work of surreal. For many years I was a painter, and now I use my experience in the field of photomontage. Classic photography (capture reality) stopped me enough, I prefer to create my own worlds, based on imagination, dreams and subconscious.
How do you decide what picture will be the next? Is it some kind of a plan or improvisation? There are two ways. Some ideas are born from the beginning to the end in mind. Others evolve during the process, alter the concepts and purpose. I always try to squeeze out the idea as much as possible. Sometimes after two or three days work ends up in the trash, because I am disappointed with the end result.
Who is among your models? People are out of your entourage, friends or relatives, or people who are completely unfamiliar to you? I use photos of family, friends, but strangers as well, for example, people photographed in the city. I’m looking for the original models. The characters on stilts are actors from Polish avant-garde group Theatre of Dreams, which was taking pictures during the performance of open-air.
Some photographers like their photos for the first couple of days later, and then begin to notice flaws in them. What about you? Do you always like your photos? I still like some of my older works, but I feel ashamed for the others. I suspect that a few years I look at my work in a different way. Have you participated in any exhibition? Or, perhaps, you organized some yourself? I had about 10 solo exhibitions in Poland and took part in several group exhibitions, including international. Currently, the major exhibition in Egypt (12 photographers from around the world), which show their work as the only Polish representative. Also planning to organize a similar event in my country. Where do you most like to shoot - in a studio or outside? I prefer to photograph outdoors. I don’t like artificial light.
What are your hobbies? Can you tell us what do you like to do besides photography? My great hobby is music. I listen a lot, from Bach to Behemoth For years I played drums in a rock band, also recorded my own album.
What are your next professional goals, creative plans? This year I plan to release two albums with my work. Preparing a commemorative calendar. I plan several individual exhibitions in Poland, Italy and USA.
Give advice to new photographers? always advise to not be afraid of experiments and mistakes. Systematic work is also important and continuously develop the technique and to seek new means of expression.
ADRIAN SOMMERING
Tell us a little about yourself. How did you start photographing? How did you become a photographer? My mother is an art painter and I remember my childhood with her sitting on the table, painting together with oil on canvas. While other kids of my age drawing Donald Duck I painted the works of Don Lawrence (Trigan, Storm). You can actually say that I was born in the artistic world.
What are your next professional goals, creative plans? My plans for the near future is to expand my portfolio. Improve its quality. After almost one year being busy with photography, I notice that many of my previous work no longer meet the increasing demands that I set yourself. I do need to have an extensive portfolio, but one of quality. If my portfolio is good enough in my eyes to show it to possible clients I hope to make money with advertising photography, in addition to the work I already do as a graphic and web designer. Who is among your models? People are out of your entourage, friends or relatives, or people who are completely unfamiliar to you? My son. Thanks to him I remember also a lot of my own childhood. The things you thought then, that you liked and what you feared. I use this as inspiration for my pictures. What is your source of inspiration? American advertising photographers such as David Hill, David Stuart, Jim Fiscus and Eric Almas.
How do you decide what picture will be the next? Is it some kind of a plan or improvisation? When I work, I’m usually busy in my head with the technical part. The light set up and perspectives. That sort of things. Thinking about the image and the composition happens in the preliminary stages. I’m not only want my photo’s to be aesthetic, but also I want them to create a smile or a tear on the face of the viewer. This part, the part where I create the image in my mind and the search for appropriate models and locations takes the longest. This may be my last a month or more. Taking the photos and post processing and are often done in a day. How Often do you make your art? When i just started almost every day. At that time you have to experiment with all possibilities. In recent months less frequent. I think I now one photo per month. I would like make more photos, but with my own agency there is not enough time at the moment.
Have you participated in any exhibition? Or, perhaps, you organized some yourself? Not yet and I have no intentions yet to do so. For me, the Internet is enough to show my work. What is your biggest dream? My biggest dream to live without worries but for photography it is to work with a team of professionals, plenty of space and a budget to be able to create the images that I have in my mind.
ROMAN
SHALENKIN ...such photos, that when I look at them I could remember that man, not only his appearance but what kind of a man he is.
To be open I can’t quite remember how I started photographing. It was sudden and unexpected. There always was DSLR at home but no one used it. Once I took it with me for a walk and since then it always follows me I shared the first pics with my friends but soon I discovered several resources where you can get constructive criticism. I’m very positive about criticism. I listened to recommendations. I watched the work of professionals, I was gaining experience. Well, I’m still doing this Do I trust what my friends are saying about my works? Among my friends almost all of them are delighted at photos but I have a couple of them whom I listen to. And if they say that a photo is a total shit then it is a shit.
What is my source of inspiration - it’s People. I travel a lot and visit different parts of Russia. I meet different and very interesting people. I always try to have some photos of these meetings. I need such photos, that when I look at them I could remember that man, not only his appearance but what kind of a man he is. My photos are rather improvisation because everything around is changing with extreme speed. A photographer doesn’t have any limits in perfecting himself. I never work in the studio. I love both black and white pics and color photography. I have some ideas and plans for shooting good series but I won’t reveal it right now. It’s been three years already since I hold camera in my hands. And I think that I have too little experience to call myself a professional. Moreover I still don’t know how I should photograph. I like report and genre photography in all its aspects.
MAGDALENA
BERNY My name is Magdalene Berny and I was born and live in Poland, I’m self-taught amateur photographer. Photography is my hobby, I photograph primarily for pleasure. I started photograph a several years ago when I purchased my first digital camera. I primarily portraying and photographing children. In my work I am influenced mainly by painting and art generally understood. I am a member of Fotoferia Club, my pictures were awarded with prizes in international photographic competitions held under the patronage of FIAP and PSA.
CARAS
S IONUT
I’m living in Romania, City of Iasi, I’m 33 years now. I was working at sea over 14 years, now I quit my job, was unemployed over 8 month, was looking for a job. I’m married, will gonna have a girl very soon, we’re planning to go to Germany/Holland/France/UK for a better job and hope one day to open a gallery and to became a great Creative Designer. My life was very complicated, hard work and no family help, that is, so I made my way in life all myself, even now I’m fighting with the system and trying to survive, but still I’m very funny person, kind and love my family and work, I try to create new work, with beautiful stories and sense of humor.
What are your hobbies? Can you tell us what do you like to do besides photography? I like to play scrabble very much, chess, travel (14 years already ) ), listen to music, watch movies, my favorite comedies Give advice to newbies photographers? The main thing here is of course ‘creativity’. Have some ideas and try to work them out. And try again... Don’t start by thinking that it can not be done. With such excuses you will never succeed.
Do you call yourself a photographer or a digital artist? I believe both of them. Anyhow, I think being a photographer is harder than being a digital artist, but it also depends, because it is very hard to have a unique idea, to know your creative “power”. Ad my style is to create something easy readable, not some Abstract .., strange work, I love poetry, stories and beautiful art.
When did you discover your passion for this type of art? I discovered it around 10 years ago, I’m 33 now, I have loved digital work over 10 years, but only in the last year I made major work. Before that they were only not serious work, now I make fun of them :). But this not because I was stupid, I just didn’t realize what was real work. I made a concept, a real art work, so before i join only some “sheet” romanian website photosharing, international (except 1x.com) ... till 12 month ago ..., never ! So they kick me out several time just because I did not fit or I made to much noise regarding also other photo uploaders. So, I started to search some other popular websites, where I could test my ability and share my art work. So I discovered that my previous work was very weak, so I started to create new and more exciting works. I become better only because I had to survive a lot of “sheet” :) What is the post-editing ? I use PHOTOSHOP 100%, very often, because where I live is hard to make some shooting, only if you have possibility to travel to some exotic place, great place and so on, but this doesn’t mean I don’t have photographs in my computer, but they will never be more successful than my creative edit, very rare I get great shots ! So I take some shots, I add some other sky, some special effects. I create some concept and so on. Long time ago I used Corel Draw, but there were no LAYER PROPERTIES, and I found it less powerful, so I changed to PS, I like now the CS3.
It is winter in Moscow, this means that already has come the time for very cold and short days, at night the thermometer reaches at least -30c; by day it gets a little more warmer with a blinding shining sun. Under us, the snow gets solid and the icicles hang around from the eaves. People on the street get wrapped with scarves that only leave a tiny part of the eyes and nose outside. We don’t love and/or get used to this weather, we grumble and complain; most of the time we check the weather forecast on the e-net, we get late to our jobs, and at the evenings we consume more alcohol and we get lost in a deep laziness. This is very strange, strange because in one period, we forget that one year ago, the same conditions were alike, the same winter, the same frost, icicles, snow and apathy. Each time, this February’s hibernation comes unexpectedly as if for the first time. We somehow make a bet on the future, a bet to some kind of abstract place,
LUBOV SHATALOVA Назад в будущее
В Москве зима. А это значит, что пришла пора очень холодных и очень коротких дней. Ночью столбик термометра опускается до -30°С. Днём становится немного теплее и светит ослепительно яркое солнце. Под ногами скрипит снег, с карнизов свисают сосульки. Люди на улицах кутаются в шарфы и воротники так, что остаётся только узкая полоска для глаз и носа. Мы не любим и не привыкли к такой погоде. Мы ворчим и жалуемся. Чаще обычного проверяем прогноз погоды в интернете, опаздываем на работу, а по вечерам употребляем больше алкоголя и находим оправдание навалившейся лени. И это очень странно. Странно, что за один временной цикл мы забываем, как ровно год назад была такая же зима, с такими же морозами, сосульками, снегом и апатией. Каждый раз этот анабиозый месяц февраль наступает неожиданно, и как будто впервые.
trying not to look backwards. The past is outside of our sphere of interests. The future is the one who really makes us worry a lot. But all of these, I mean all; somehow has already happened. We only don’t remember anything, exposing the shortness of our human memory . That’s why innocently we are looking for our next days as new days, therefore all that appears in our roads, appears as unknown. We don’t remember what we were talking about yesterday by phone with our best friend, with difficulties we can set our memory for knowing what we did last weekend, and for sure we can’t say how our days were 1 year ago. We don’t remember that once upon a time there was an attempt to build Babel’s tower in which everybody could talk the same language and understand each other without dictionaries or ranslators. We don’t remember that some when, thousands of years ago before the great flood, people had a collective consciousness and for sure they need not to ask for getting knowledge. What about nowadays? Nowadays we allow ourselves shouting to each other, simultaneously we don’t understand, don’t listen, get confused, ignore or forget. Only that by this time we do this deliberately for cleaning our memories from those past events. Ironically all of this, is for having the opportunity of a peaceful dreaming into the future. Unfortunately or fortunately happens that suddenly our memory comes back, but only for a short period of time in which we can’t understand anything; suddenly we get the whole information and then we get lost in riddles, guessing the meaning of those events.
Мы все почему-то делаем ставку на будущее, на какую-то абстрактную точку впереди, бежим, стремимся к ней и никогда не оборачиваемся назад. Прошлое – за рамками нашей сферы интересов. Будущее – вот, что действительно нас беспокоит. Но всё, что будет – это всё, что уже когда-то было. Только мы ничего не помним, так коротка наша человеческая память. И поэтому наивно считаем каждый следующий день – новым, а всё, что встречается нам на пути – незнакомым. Не помним, о чём вчера разговаривали по телефону с лучшим другом. С трудом можем восстановить в памяти, чем занимались на прошлых выходных. И уж точно нам не удастся рассказать, каким был этот день ровно год назад. Не помним, что когда-то давным-давно, до попытки построить Вавилонскую башню абсолютно все люди разговаривали на одном языке и прекрасно понимали друг друга без словарей и переводчиков. Не помним, что когда-то, много миллионов лет назад, ещё до времен Всемирного потопа люди обладали коллективным сознанием. И им вообще не надо было говорить и спрашивать, чтобы знать. А сейчас? Сейчас мы можем позволить себе кричать друг на друга, и при этом не понимать, не слышать, игнорировать, отворачиваться и забывать, на этот раз уже намеренно стирая из памяти произошедшие события. Для того чтобы иметь возможность спокойно спать в будущем. Но к счастью (или к сожалению) иногда происходят «пробои» и наша память
By that time we intuitively can predict the course of the events, we proudly feel the sense of predicting the future, but the fact is that we only remember the past events that have been happening for more than 1000 times, only that we lived those events in different bodies and with different scenery. Sometimes we have very significant dreams, -a déjà vu, that stocks us in a second of circumstances, we get caught in some else’s wrinkled face, in a wall paper or in our passing memories that pass by the mirror’s reflection. We are unable for explaining it with words, but it is viable to show these impressions with photos. These special shots are as capable as a magnet for attracting and holding the attention, for immersing the body into stupor and for placing our minds into a fascinating distant journey; these are shots for travelling throughout space and time. Photos that evoke our ancient memory and send us to those distant times when there were no words, when we gave to each other knowledge without losing or distorting the level of our thoughts and images. Shots that breaking socio-cultural stereotypes and barriers penetrate into our hearts. Shots that appear as illustrations of something that had happened, but we forgot at the same time. And now facing the prints of time and space we begin to remember them…. remember the past, and that memory gives us the opportunity of remembering the future even better. Each of us unfolds a hopeful chance for finding the beginning or (the end?) Signs, images are everywhere. The question is: How can you understand and interpret them? Find, remember, connect, think and consciously you are making a step…a step into the future 1 Peter Polter http://500px.com/peterpolter 2 Agnès Lapin http://www.aggiephotoflow.com/ 3. Akshay Nivalkar http://www.facebook.com/ groups/261466877243486/ 4. Сarrot|Сat http://500px.com/CarrotCat 5. Shlomi Nissim www.shlominissim.com
память возвращается... Совсем ненадолго, на короткие промежутки времени, за которые мы не успеваем ничего понять. Получаем щелчок по носу от Вечности и потом ещё долго теряемся в догадках, «что бы это могло означать» … В такие моменты мы интуитивно можем предугадать ход событий. При этом горделиво думая, что обладаем способностью заглядывать в будущее, но на самом деле просто вспоминаем прошлое - то, что уже тысячу раз происходило с нами в других телах и декорациях. А иногда мы видим особенные сны, чувствуем дежавю, застреваем в каком-то секундном стечении обстоятельств, цепляемся взглядом за чьи-то морщины на лице, узор на обоях, или отражение в зеркале и проваливаемся в воспоминания. Никогда не сможем объяснить это словами, и при этом так легко передаём эти ощущения в фотографиях. Эти особенные кадры способны как магнит притягивать и удерживать внимание, погружая тело в оцепенение, а мозг – в далёкое увлекательное путешествие. Путешествие-падение сквозь слои времени и пространства. Фотографии, которые пробуждают нашу древнюю память и отсылают к тем далёким временам, когда не было слов, и мы передавали друг другу знание без потерь и искажений на уровне мыслей и образов. Фотографии, которые ломают социокультурные барьеры и стереотипы, проникая в самое сердце. Фотографии, которые являются иллюстрациями того, что с нами уже когда-то было, но мы успели это забыть. И вот теперь, столкнувшись с отпечатком времени и пространства, мы начинаем вспоминать… вспоминать прошлое, и это воспоминание даёт нам возможность лучше понимать будущее… Каждый разматывает свой клубок запутанных ниток в надежде найти начало (или конец?) Знакиподсказки – повсюду. Вопрос – это насколько ты можешь их замечать и интерпретировать. Находишь, вспоминаешь, соединяешь, думаешь и осознанно делаешь следующий шаг… в будущее…
Ogannes, tell us how it all began. You haven’t dreamed about the career of a stylist since childhood, have you? Typically, people become hairdressers and then they begin to run their own salon. But in my case it was all opposite. At first I owned my salon and only then I became a hairdresser. My initial profession is mechanical engineer. I graduated Armenian Agricultural Academy. I and my friend, being students, opened a jewelry workshop. This small business helped me to get my first capital which was the base of my more serious business in the 90-th.
Manufactures and plants were closing and I wasn’t able to work in my professional area as mechanical engineer. Later when I moved to Moscow in 2020 I had an idea to start beautiful business – a beauty salon. I was watching how my master hairdressers were working and I felt that it attracts me as well. So I took scissors in my hands. Who was you first teacher? My first teacher was one of the leading masters of my salon, Robert. He inspired me greatly and helped a lot psychologically. For half a year I worked not having special education and I worked only with men hairstyles. I was quite successful in it. I felt I have a potential so I found a school and enrolled in the base course. In two weeks my teacher sent me to the group for professional masters. After that I visited a lot of seminars, foreign school master-classes such as Vidal Sassoon, TONI&GUY, Patrick Cameron and many others. In each school I found something for myself that helped to create my own style and character.
Tell us about your first woman client? One day a walk-in client came to our salon, there were no available masters at the moment and our administrator asked me. I agreed though I was a men’s master and the client knew about it. She trusted my somehow. As a result, she was delighted with my work. And it was she who recommended me to my first other ten clients. It was kind of a buzz marketing. So step by step women’s haircuts became an integral part of my job.
HOVO
ARAKELYAN
And the next level of your career was participation in contests Right, some time later I felt confidence in myself and decided to compete with my colleagues. I applied for participation in Moscow Championship. And I was among the ten best hairdressers of Moscow. It was an opened for me to Championship of Russia where I could compete with professionals of the highest level. After that, for 5 years I took part in many Russian competitions and got prizes. How did you enter the world of fashion? I was offered to prepare models for an image catalogue of a famous designer Nata Rikami. It was my first experience of work on the shooting. And after that I was fully involved in the process of shooting and for some time I even stopped paying enough attention to my salon. I was happy to be involved in creative process and to take photos of it. Because before all my images just disappeared.
How much time does it take to get ready for shooting? I’m always very serious about getting ready. You can just come and spontaneously create something – yes, it’s great. But with me it’s differently. First of all, I’m working on the shooting script and then step by step I realize my plan. I mean here model casting, selection of clothes, meeting with designers or show-rooms. it all may take form a couple of days up to two weeks. What is the most difficult in your profession? It seems to me that the most difficult aspect in my job and in other jobs is training. On this stage of training you should have enough of patience and willpower. And the rest will come later. You should always perfect your knowledge, your experience, you should move further.
Who usually provide ideas for shootings? Is it hard for you to realize the ideas of the others? The majority of ideas are my own. I’m very interested in creating full fashion look. Photographers always offer their ideas and objectives but my skills and my vision of everything plays significant role. I as a stylist should have skills in filling the form by the content. I should have the ability to make hairstyles and make-up be not only in harmony with the given project but they should be trendy. Combination of trend and creativity – that’s what I always try to achieve. Let’s speak about photographers. Are you striving to variety or you think that every stylist should find his own photographer? All the photographers are different in their skill and creative experience. Someone is professional in art, others in beauty or fashion. It all depends what is my objective right now. I have a project and I realize right at that moment what photogra-
pher I need. I ask him to participate in a creative project. By the way, you always want something new and there are very professional photographers who I haven’t’ worked with yet. I am not satisfied with what I have already achieved. Fine, what about your achievements? I won’t enumerate all my achievements now but behind each is my work and knowledge. The greatest achievement in my profession is that I can pass my knowledge to other masters and to growing generation of hairdressers. Ok and finally, what is your credo to life and people? To be frank with oneself, with profession and with people you are working with. Every day I become more confident that I found a profession of all my life. And I’ll be loyal to it. We spoke with Ogannes in a beauty studio “Ahov” interview by Anastasya Vakhnina
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