according to the accordionist by nikolais
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Thank you for your lovely thoughts and faves of my previous "Late night shadows".
It�s always great �to stop the sound of feet� (R. Frost) and consider what it is all about and what should be done about it. Take this image, for example.
It was composed of several frames I shot at the opening of a fine art show last September. It took them five months to catch my eye.... at times, it takes years until I come across a potential image and realize that something could be done. Each frame alone did not show any value nor potential. Together, they were stored as a coverage of another event until one fine day. It was yesterday when I had to find an image with someone playing a musical instrument. I remembered this series. You can imagine that the background was completely removed, the figures were cut out of this and other frames and dropped on the main canvas. Honestly, I liked the result. This way of putting things together has brought quite another meaning to an almost meaningless moment I had shot. �.Nearly forgot: I had to add shadows to link the accordionist and the public together. In short, what came out is before your eyes.
Like most of us, I keep thousands of images on my external and internal hard drives. Once a year, they are looked through and cleaned: some images go to the waste bucket, others remain until next time. ....I usually do my first cleaning in the camera in terms of composition, light etc straight after shooting. Next cleaning comes after the session is over. Third one comes after the new images have been downloaded onto a hard drive and looked through on the monitor. ...Other cleanings occur every once in a while as I�ve already mentioned. Seems like most of my creative time is spent fighting with the redundant and the waste... life of a garbologist.
Another quite important observation: creation is the process of cutting off the irrelevant. It is clear that we have our personal notion of what the irrelevant is, however, the less you have in the frame, the easier the viewer�s imagination fill up the empty spaces.
Funny, but it's my life.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Nikolay
Comments (24)
PREECHER
this is very unique and original...very artistic photo...excellent post. chills and thrills
brewgirlca
This is extremely well done. I love the postwork reflection works and the lovely starkness of the imagery. Your commentary was right onto the mark. However, I have often breathed a sigh of relief that I did not delete some image the first few times I looked at it. Sometimes hanging onto what is immediately percieved as junk can pay off... perhaps as it has done for you. Postwork techniques evolve and as our ideas mature we can go back and mine the seemingly mundane for hidden treasures once obscured by the lack of experience to appreciate their beauty. Well done, I enjoyed both the image and the observations.
Chipka
I love both the image and the commentary; in fact, after reading what you wrote, I found myself chuckling and recalling a phrase I picked up a while ago, when I was studying Japanese (I've forgotten most of it!) The term "sensei no gomi" translates directly to something akin to "Master of garbage" and thoughts of that phrase were triggered by your mention of the life of a garbologist. It's amazing what one can find in a "junk" file or a "go through this later" file, or in my case, a "WTF is this?" file! And I love what you came up with. The composition is perfect and absolutely mesmerizing. Hidden treasures exist all around us, and sometimes all it takes is a brief, inspired fit of looking through things...ah, but that's how dumpster diving works too. I really love the ladies to the left, the ladies in the hats. The entire image is such a grand achievement, and the ladies in the hats, the ladies to the left, make this absolutely perfect!
auntietk
I enjoyed reading about how you manage your library of images. Everyone has a different way of working, and that organizational style must, by necessity, influence the artistic style. By that I mean: you can't use a picture you've deleted. (You said something similar ... just different ways of seeing.) What remains is what is available. So the organizational style preceeds the artistic style. ... Just a thought. (My mind is a very busy place, and I have plenty of extra thoughts to share! LOL!) I like the pieces you produce with those images you've kept. Your style inspires me to use the word "brilliant" a lot ... the way you see the world is artistically inspiring. When I first started photography, I culled and deleted for about four months. Since then I don't throw any of them away. So far I haven't regretted keeping anything, but sometimes I think, "oh, I know I took a picture of such-and-such" but it's gone. (Although there are several travel shots taken through the windshield that I'm not crazy about. Bill keeps saying, "take a picture of that for the blog!" so I have a lot of weird pictures taken from a moving vehicle. Every once in a while one of them becomes useful though, so you never know.) I love the result you got. In my mind, your people dance on a beautifully polished floor to an old folk tune with which they're not wholly familiar. An individualistic piece. Wonderful!
JuliSonne
This is a fantastic scene. I feel like the akkordionist and am the main person here. With his eyes I grasp the many people and I play for them. The work has paid off, Nikolais. The additional reflex bring a repeat of the scene. Wonderful! An adaptation of the life.
durleybeachbum
Thankyou , Niikolay, for describing your process! It is both revealing and fascinating to learn how others work, and I find that my rubbish clearance is quite similar to yours. I just wish my results were. This inspired image and the perfect title are such a pleasure: everything about it is brilliant! (There, I had to use that word that Tara mentioned!) Astounding quality, worthy of the widest possible 'audience'.
sharky_
I like your work here... Outstanding job. Aloha
jarmila
nice shot and reflection, have a lovely weekend
alanwilliams
fascinating, i love the way you organise your photographic being. This is beautifully put together and so effective
chesscanoe
Thanks for sharing your photo perspective, and your talent for birthing this image. I've got "... miles to go before I sleep...." and I'm enjoying it immensely, if not as brilliantly as you....
MrsRatbag
What an arresting image you've created here! Absolutely wonderful, you have the most artistic eye...
helanker
WOW What a fabulous result of your work with images. You are really a great artist, Nikolay. I loved to read how you are working. :)
jendellas
I love the reflections, I agree with everyone else, Brilliant!!!
Sea_Dog
Wow! Amazing artistry here. Well done.
sandra46
AMAZING WORK!
flavia49
excellent work
whaleman
Cool work!
bmac62
I've looked and looked and looked some more. What a creative treat you've presented to us here today. My feelings very much mirror the longest comments above. Works like this inspire me to try my hand at something similar. I'll need to consult with my muse:)
marybelgium
excellent ! I like it very much ! thanks for sharing.
AZBO
Never before seen work like this-Exceptional
TomDart
This is wonderful, no doubt it is.
icerian
Fantastic scenery. I love it. Congratulation! 5+
pauldeleu
A wonderful scene and shot!
figharo
Haven't seen your stuff in a while. Good to see that your mind has the same fire and your eye the same conviction... Beautiful sight.