From soul market series 1

Many of these I haven't published, just because the light conditions for the shot were not good.

Empty spaces 1

Stefy in Tuileries Garden

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Working with a model

Photography made by Stefany
check more of her works on her blog http://stefany-kk.blogspot.fr/

City kids and streets 3

Paris Kids

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City kids and streets 2

Honfleur Kids

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City kids and streets 1

Vilnius kids

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The man with photographic sense

 He is "The man with photographic sense", at least I call him like that.
When I was talking with them and making pictures, he told me a story about their business and how often it happens for him to see, in some particular area in Bulgaria during winter, really cool scene to make pictures of - "Big white cats running trough the fresh white snow".

Body and Glass experiments

2 shots from series of Body and Glass experiments I made some time ago

Old winter shot

Egg story

Упражнения по стил - Фотографска изложба на Павел Белчев

20 works of Pavel Belchev

where he shows his photographic vision or an art study of different art movements/styles represented by one object one shape - the EGG

here is a quick video preview from the exposition

Some of the styles/movements included are:

Dada

Impressionism

Suprematism

Expressionism

Naivism

Street_art

Minimalism

etc.

More on http://www.facebook.com/events/337446923031093/

Vidin

We made a trip to north-western region of Bulgaria in 2010, and visited cities of Vidin and Lom. Here are some pictures taken on expired film and using Canonet camera

The pictures are cropped because I had some issues with the film and some bad areas of the slides had to be removed, not that the rest of the slide is awesome :D

the impossible project

http://the-impossible-project.com/

was and is one of the most interesting things that happened and continues to be developed recently

what I really would like to see and probably buy is their pinhole camera project

http://www.the-impossible-project.com/projects/camera/pinhole

My Mamiya still does not work with the format of the films they produce, but I hope in the future they will make something.

I have used their film with a borrowed camera and here are the results

Teasing crops 6

Rose

Alexander Hammid

One of the artists that has inspired me is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandr_Hackenschmied

You can see some of his work in the next 2 videos

http://youtu.be/JOnRAHj_gf8  

This one is made together with his wife Maya Deren

Old color 35mm film portrait

Made with expired color film, don't even remember what kind of film.

Last Roll of Kodachrome

http://stevemccurry.com/galleries/last-roll-kodachrome?view=info

"Last Roll of Kodachrome"

"Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas, was the last lab on the planet to process Kodachrome and stopped developing the iconic film forever. When Kodak stopped producing the film, they gave me the last roll. When I finished shooting the final frames, I hand-delivered it to Parsons. Here are a few of those last 36 frames."
Steve Mccurry

Having fun with friends, soap bubbles...

Having fun with friends, soap bubbles...

Having fun with friends, soap bubbles and dogs

Teasing crops 5

Helmut Newton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Newton

Picture taken from http://blog.ricecracker.net/

Helmut By June

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1336101/ 
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/helmutbyjune/synopsis.html

Helmut Newton revolutionized fashion photography and electrified the art world with disturbing, highly 

eroticized images that transformed lush-bodied women into exquisite icons.

Dubbed the "King of Kink" by Time magazine, Newton died in 2004, leaving behind an influential and subversive 

body of work.

The CINEMAX Reel Life presentation HELMUT BY JUNE portrays Newton's life as a photographer as seen through the 

lens of wife June Newton, who documented her husband at work at a number of shoots in the '90s.

The resulting portrait, distributed in Europe, was seen by devoted fan and Newton intimate Brett Ratner ("X-

Men: The Last Stand"), who was determined to help bring it to a wider audience in the United States. Updated 

with opening commentary from June, which was filmed by executive producer Ratner.

Using only the most basic camera equipment, Helmut Newton created haunting visual narratives set in a world 

saturated with sex, glamour and implied violence.

While his photographs appeared frequently on the pages of glossy magazines, Newton was far more than a fashion 

photographer. He blurred the line between fine art and pornography with androgynous imagery, voyeuristic 

titillation and sado-masochistic scenarios.

June Newton, his devoted spouse for 56 years, turns the tables on Newton, opening a voyeuristic window into 

his complicated personal and creative life. At turns poignant, comical and unsettling, HELMUT BY JUNE paints a 

riveting portrait of photography's dark prince, who was equally comfortable on both sides of the camera.

June follows Newton as he painstakingly stages scenes that blend fashion and fetishism to reflect his lifelong 

fascination with women who are simultaneously powerful and vulnerable.

Always in complete control of his subjects, Newton describes the models in his photographs as "a 

commodity...paid to be made into what I want."

Against the ultra-chic backdrops of Monte Carlo, Paris, Miami, Nice and Los Angeles, a who's who of fashion, 

including Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Karen Mulder, Helena Christiansen, Carla Bruni and Gianni and 

Donatella Versace, parades before Newton's skewed lens.

Hollywood royalty, including Billy Wilder and Sigourney Weaver (in an iridescent green body suit and shaved 

head), as well as opera stars Jane Anderson and Luciano Pavarotti, also allow themselves to be transformed 

into figments of Newton's perverse imagination. His dissolute charm seduces even politicians, as Newton 

chortles about his "ultimate pin-up girl," Margaret Thatcher.

"People want to get inside his head to see where the images come from," June observes. HELMUT BY JUNE 

documents the private side of a very public partnership, in addition to exploring Newton's extraordinary art.

"Helmut did not only photograph his subjects...he directed them," says Ratner. "As his partner in life and in 

art, June brings unique insight into his artistic process and deepens our understanding of this genius of 

20th-century photography."

June Newton, Helmut's model, muse and wife, was born in Australia. A former actress, she is also a painter and 

photographer known as Alice Springs, whose work has been exhibited in London, Paris, Los Angeles and Milan. 

With her husband, she co- authored such books as "Them and Us" and "Mrs. Newton." June Newton continues to 

serve as art director for all of her late husband's exhibitions and books.

Executive producer Brett Ratner has directed seven feature films that have collectively grossed over a billion 

dollars. He has also directed music videos for such artists as Madonna, Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Jay-Z 

and P. Diddy.

HELMUT BY JUNE is a co-production of Canal Plus/Byzance Productions, presented by Rat Films and HBO 

Osogovo landscape

Osogovo, Bulgaria

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Winter Sofia

Cropped picture from Sofia, Bulgaria shot from the metro bridge.

Another one

Kitchen duties

Never had spent time to wash it properly - never uploaded

Kitchen duties

Useful links

Old recognized fine art masters:http://photography-now.net/masters/master_photographers.html

New fine art photographs
http://www.flickr.com/groups/trfap/pool/

One of my favorite modern authors
http://www.vitaobscura.com/

Medium format film scan retouched

I never retouch my pictures in Photoshop, if something bothers me in the picture I just don't use it and try to make better next time. But I was bored some time ago and I played a bit with a portrait of a friend.

Original file 

Retouched one

Model: Nadia

Pinhole on Mamiya RZ II

Take medium format camera, remove the lens, make hole in the protection cap [destroy the cap :) ] and attach metal piece with pinhole

(size of the hole depends on the distance from the cap to the film)

it should look something like that

http://www.pinholeresource.com/shop/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Mamiya_RB_RZ_Bod_4a0855ac06ee1.jpg

Go and shoot!

and the result:

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Video inspirations

Just watch the videos silently, I know the songs are great, but just look at the videos.

Amazing light, atmosphere, camera work etc.

Collection photographique de Christian Bouqueret 2

Here are some other photographs from the exhibition

Collection photographique de Christian Bouqueret

In Pompidou there was an exhibition of the photographic collection  of Christian Bouqueret, photographs made by different photographers in years 1920-1950

some of the authors are Man ray, Éli Lotar, Jean Moral,  Brassaï, André Steiner, Laure Albin guillot, Germaine Krull, Pierre Boucher, Daniel, André Kertesz, René Zuber, Fernand Léger, Roger Schall, Florence Henri, François Kollar, Roger Parry, Ergy Landau, Emeric Feher, Marcel Arthaud, Jean Roubier, Maurice Tabard, René-Jacques, Jacques-André Boiffard, Raoul Ubac, Yvonne Chevalier, Jean Painlevé, Lucien Lorelle, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dora Maar, Hans Richter, Pierre Ichac, Gaston Paris, Luis Bunuel, André Papillon, Georges Hugnet, Pierre Verger, Claude Cahun, Germaine Dulac, René Clair, Emmanuel Sougez, Pierre Jamet, Erwin Blumenfeld, Marianne Breslauer, Aurel Bauh,  Ylla, Willy Kessels, Raymond Gid, Marcelle D'heilly, Pierre Dubreuil, Sasha Stone, André Vigneau, Pierre Adam, Albert Rudomine, Martin Munkácsi, Lucien Mazenod etc.

Some pictures I did like