Photo Craft
Craft is as important as Art...
The craft is a tool of artistic expression, meant to an end, without which photography or any other art does not exist whatsoever. As an artist, I put a lot of effort into this part of my career to give my clients a masterpiece, not only photography.
As my art craft, I have chosen recording reality on black and white photographic materials (films and papers), which save the moment in three-dimensional silver crystals (haloids), so much different than flat pixels. In this process, I use an old handmade wooden large format camera. As an old-school photographer, I put my head under the black cover. Then is only me and an object, displayed on the focusing screen of my camera. I am taking only one photo, carefully composed and well-knit with care about details. One Shoot! The perfect One! Masterpiece.
Later in the darkroom, using the XIX century technique, I am bringing photography to its life...
Why all these complications when we have an instant way to take pics and share them with the world only in a few seconds?
The technique I use is the only fully proven way to keep pictures for at least the next 180 years in archival quality. We can take millions of photos, but not all of them are worth turning into a historical testimony of our days, given to the next generations.
End of the answer you can find in the old family album of great grandparents. Open it. Do you feel like you just boarded a time machine? People in the pictures seem to be so realistic and so alive. Do you see the magic of these past days? Did it give you shivers?
It is a mystery and a miracle I have been studying and exploring for many years. My mission is to share it with others and build a history together.
Does it sound exciting to you?
Let's meet and create a history of you and your family!
My time machine is ready and waiting for you.