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Social-democrats and communists

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

May Demo

It was traditional the 1 May demo and Day of the Work in Vienna yesterday, and to express their solidarity with social-democratic, communist and national minorities movements in the country thousands of people marched along streets of the city toward Parliament and City council, where chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, mayor Michael Häupl, trades-union leader […]

Open email to chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Dear Mr. Gusenbauer!
Excuse me for breaking rules and sending you photo with a piece of nudity, but I do not see other way to attract your attention to the point.
I am freelance photographer and journalist, and once you posed for me and other photographers during election campaign in Graz in autumn of 2006. Unfortunately, […]

Memories

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

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I miss Graz and its streets more than I miss Kyrgyz steppes, and it seems both are lost forever, though first […]

Grimaces of politics

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Portrait is always the sort of intimacy between photographer and model, even if it is spontaneous street or public portrait. With intuitive wisdom photographer tries to reveal most prominent features of model’s character, if possible. Normally 20-30 attempts give one interesting snapshot, and 50 provide sufficient material for normal characteristic portrait.
Fast street portraits look inexpressive […]