Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2023 i Lens Magazine

“Sometimes I feel like the world has lost the capacity for admiration, to experience the incredible, to revel in astonishment. Life is filled with grace, motion, color, texture, and beauty. If we only pause to look, we can see and experience these qualities everywhere. This is what I attempt to accomplish with my photographs, to call attention to the wondrousness of the world, to share the extraordinary richness of existence with others, to capture the magnificence of expression and gesture, and highlight what is so often missed in ordinary observation. That is the purpose of my work. By carefully composing, lighting, choreographing, and manipulating every minute aspect of every composition, I strive to transform the ordinary into perfection and to achieve moments of pure utopia if only for brief instants.”…

”MY PRIMARY INTEREST THESE DAYS IS PORTRAITURE. THAT IS, IN REDEFINING THE PORTRAIT AND EXPANDING WHAT IS POSSIBLE. I AM LOOKING TO PRESENT THE PAST AND THE POSSIBLE FUTURE IN A SINGLE IMAGE.”-AMY SELWYN Amy Selwyn has been a storyteller her entire life. First as a writer and then, much later in her life, as a photographer, working with textual and visual languages. She is drawn to the idea of small repairs, delicate interference with the photographic work, and using mixed media (sewing, found objects, archival photos, etc.) She aims to introduce a more profound meaning into the body of work. Most recently, she has been working with mercury glass (also known as silvered glass) to create a sense of both memory and past/present relationships. The work involves photographing reflections…

British journalist, photographer, and author Graeme Green has brought together the who’s who of nature photography and the conservation world and the what’s what of the wild kingdom for the book, The New Big 5: A Global Photography Project for Endangered Wildlife. The book is a global call to action involving more than 165 photographers, conservationists, and wildlife charities, including Ami Vitale, Marsel van Oosten, Art Wolfe, Michelle Valberg, Paul Nicklen, Jane Goodall, Paula Kahumbu (Wildlife Direct), Tara Stoinski (Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund), Krista Wright (Polar Bears International), Anish Andheria (Wildlife Conservation Trust), and Wes Sechrest (Re:wild). Published by Earth Aware Editions, The New Big 5 celebrates the beauty of the animal world while raising awareness of the crucial issues facing the planet’s wildlife. Unfortunately, their survival is far from…

”PEOPLE BECOME LIKE GHOSTS AT NIGHT; SOME ARE FUNNY AND HAPPY, AND OTHERS ARE SAD AND LONELY. SHADOWS HIDE SECRETS, AND MOVEMENTS ARE BLURRED.” "I created this series while strolling the streets of Tel Aviv in the late autumn nights. This is the preferred time for a night bird like myself; I try to reveal the magic that surrounds the city at night; streets and moving objects look very different than during the day. People become like ghosts at night; some are funny and happy, and others are sad and lonely. Shadows hide secrets, and movements are blurred. During the day, the city is noisy and chaotic; at night, it is mysterious and dreamy; I like the atmosphere and want to express it throughout this project and share it with…

”THE SOURCE OF MY IDEAS FOR A SHOOT SESSION IS OFTEN THE PERSON I WANT TO PHOTOGRAPH. I OBSERVE HIM OR HER AND LET SOME INNER IMAGE FORM AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN HOW THE PERSON MANIFESTS IN THE WORLD AND MY PERCEPTION OF THAT PERSON.”-MARINA TERECHOV Marina Terechov grew up and spent most of her life in Partenit, Crimea. In 2008 she graduated from Lugansk University with a degree in Physical Rehabilitation. Marina was a professional athlete and achieved the rank of Master of Sports in Karate, winning national and international competitions. In 2011, she moved to Donetsk, Ukraine, and in 2017 she moved to Germany. Marina is divorced and has two children. ”I am a photographer who focuses on creative photography for artists. After moving to Germany in 2017,…

“I AIM TO PRESENT THIS 'NATURE VERSUS TECHNOLOGY' CONTRAST TO THE BEHOLDER AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DISSOLVE IT PHOTOGRAPHICALLY SO THAT EVERY COMPOSITION’S ULTIMATE RESULT IS AN AESTHETICALLY HARMONIOUS UNITY.”-ADAM NEUBA ”The artist and scientist in me are inseparably interwoven. So many aspects from both worlds are united in photography and enable me to take an alternative view of the world and produce new links among scene elements. For many years, my principal task as an experimental chemist was virtually a passion: developing and producing novel, complex connections at the molecular level. In photography, I create fictitious, minimalist compositions using elements from nature and man-made technology. The two are united by an essential aspect of my personality: the drive to creatively develop and realize new things as tangible, visual objects that come…

”WITH EACH ARTWORK I CREATE, I AIM TO EXPRESS MY MENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS AFFECTED BY THE PLACE I LIVE IN. ESPECIALLY FOR ME, WHO, AS A WOMAN, LIVING IN A CLOSED SPACE FULL OF RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS, PHOTOS ARE VERY SUITABLE AND SAFE TOOLS TO EXPRESS WHAT IS INSIDE ME”.- MITRA SADAT AMINI Mitra Sadat Amini is an Iranian photographer who works in conceptual and fine art styles. Less than two years have passed since she started working professionally in photography, developed her unique activity, and recently chose her own artistic style. In introducing herself and explaining her professional journey and the path she has come to today, she says: "I explored different styles until, finally, I realized that the conceptual style and fine art are more…