Vulnerability of the naked Body
The work of Misha Gordin is not about erotica or sexual
expression in the usual way. It's much more about using the
human body to communicate the artists ideas and feelings. It
shows the naked human body in all it's vulnerability.
Over the years Misha Gordin has developed a strong personal
style that is both a result of his traditional image
manipulation in a classical darkroom and the intriguing
development of his own set of icons. The naked bold male, the
pregnant woman, the crowds and the surreal landscapes. With his
theme's he gives us an inner view of the soul. He makes the
invisible visible. And just like the dream images of the
original surrealists the images are showing us impossible worlds
in a very real manner.
His work encourages us to reflect, to think and to feel. And the
way we do this is not only dictated by the image, but even more
by reflecting to it trough our own experiences and feelings.
The Artists statement:
Do I point my camera outwards to the existing world or turn it
inward towards my soul. Am I taking photographs of existing
reality, or creating my own world, so real but non existent.
Results from this two opposite approaches are notably different
and, in my opinion, conceptual photography is a higher form of
artistic expression that places photography on the level of
painting, poetry, music and sculpture. It employs the special
talent of intuitive vision. By translating the personal concepts
into the language of photography, it reflects the possible
answers to major questions of being: birth, death and life.
Creating an idea and transforming it into reality is an
essential process of conceptual photography.
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