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MANIFESTO

 

A photograph steals ones soul…

This is why people change when they become famous

Soul losing: an addiction…

 

Came to tell u

Think photography is a fat lie

Not in a sense of Pablos words that

All art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

 

Think photography is the most lying one of all the arts

I have no great respect for photography

Even thou I respect some photographers as artist

There are but few of them…

 

I really do think that taking a photo

Is stealing

But it's legal…

 

A friend said that photography for her is meditation,

Being aware of world around us and in very little detail,

I could only add, or subtract to that

Photographic awareness is pre-meditation

Just like burglars appreciation

Of beautiful houses in the neighbourhood.

They do not admire their design, monumental valiance,

Artistic form or glee that is the heavenly garden-

They know houses only trough intention, that basic reduction of symbolism…

So values the photographer that nature and the world…

Only to steal it's beauty and visions,

Only to click trough that crisp worldly air

And keep it as it was, for that second which is a lie by itself

Yes, we do take advantage…

We do lie by that lens.

 

Personaly, I do photographs just like thief does his work…

I hide, I wait, I tremble sometimes

Wanting not to get caught

And yes, I'm excited when i get away with my stolen goods…

With their smiles, with their laughter, their tears, their shame…

And i'm good at stealing

 

Photographer is a voajer…and a thief

In photography there is no big mark between

Thievery and voyeurism…

Legal…

 

I do photography because it's too easy not to do it,

Because I can

And because I do it well

 

Tens of millions of people make lovely photographs

Only ten thousand of them are artist

Others are skilled technicians

Or sentimental family people

Just like web designers, just like programers, just like carpenters

Like fathers, like sisters, like owners…

Nothing wrong with that.

 

But don't be fooled

Photography is nothing special

Only some people who do it are…

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  • JoinedFebruary 2007
  • HometownOsijek
  • Current cityZagreb
  • CountryCroatia
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Odakle poceti ... ni sama ne znam ... Najbolje je poceti iz pocetka, tako je najlakse. :-) Robi! Robert Marinkovic! Ustani sa te stolice dok ti se obracam, hehe. I dobro slusaj sta ce teta Sanja reci o tebi! Puno je kreativnosti u njegovom radu, puno zivahnosti (toga svakako), puno ljubavi, humora, ponekada i crnila… Read more

Odakle poceti ... ni sama ne znam ... Najbolje je poceti iz pocetka, tako je najlakse. :-) Robi! Robert Marinkovic! Ustani sa te stolice dok ti se obracam, hehe. I dobro slusaj sta ce teta Sanja reci o tebi! Puno je kreativnosti u njegovom radu, puno zivahnosti (toga svakako), puno ljubavi, humora, ponekada i crnila ali hej, zar to nije sastavni dio zivota?! Njegove fotografske sposobnosti su nevjerovatne, nema glume, laznih osjecaja i tenzija, sve je natural, light and fat! ;-) Ima svega ali najvise smijesnih scena iz zivota koje Robi sa svojim pomno odabranim rijecima docara taj trenutak jos mocnije tako da bez jednog pakla maramica ti i ne mozes odgledati njegovu stranicu. Sada, da li to bilo od suza ili smijeha, to je na vama. ;-) U svakom slucaju, ja sam veliki fan Robertove kreativne fotografije i sa odusevljenjem cekam taj dan kada cemo se i upoznati uzivo pa da vidim taj uvijek zivi duh i pozitivnu energiju koja izbija iz njega. Zelim ti srecu gdje kod krenuo i sta god radio! Your friend Sanja - debela - hairstyle. :)

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October 21, 2008

Flickr is a great place to meet people who share the same passion as i have. All I can say is that he's just a really talented guy! Throughout all his work u can see his evolution as a very talented photographer. The effort and creativity that goes into each and every photograph is really niceee. keep the good work : … Read more

Flickr is a great place to meet people who share the same passion as i have. All I can say is that he's just a really talented guy! Throughout all his work u can see his evolution as a very talented photographer. The effort and creativity that goes into each and every photograph is really niceee. keep the good work : )

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October 13, 2008

"Your highness, when I said that you are like a stream of bat's piss, I only mean that you shine out like a shaft of gold when all around it is dark” ...Monty Python

June 18, 2008

OK...where to start? Not only that he's one of the most amusing people on FlickR, Robi also has amazing ideas and he's not afraid to make them real, whether they are his satiric views (often on something that could be perceived as really bizzare by some people), nostalgic photos or simple portraits. Very versatile, ver… Read more

OK...where to start? Not only that he's one of the most amusing people on FlickR, Robi also has amazing ideas and he's not afraid to make them real, whether they are his satiric views (often on something that could be perceived as really bizzare by some people), nostalgic photos or simple portraits. Very versatile, very humorous and incredibly kind!

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November 5, 2007

Take one part artistry, one part semi-ascerbic wit, and add a dash of sepia-toned philosophy and you come up with Robert M (aka Robi the Idea-man). In a Flickr world bedecked (or bedevilled) with ‘oh my gosh-style’ multi-coloured (and often meaningless) gif awards, it is always a pleasure to see the occasional pithy co… Read more

Take one part artistry, one part semi-ascerbic wit, and add a dash of sepia-toned philosophy and you come up with Robert M (aka Robi the Idea-man). In a Flickr world bedecked (or bedevilled) with ‘oh my gosh-style’ multi-coloured (and often meaningless) gif awards, it is always a pleasure to see the occasional pithy comment popping up from Robi, whose own photographic work is full of surprises (very often of a humorous type). Go, Mursa Maior, go.

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October 29, 2007

To have Robi the Idea-man as an active contact is a rare treat. The guy always has something stimulating, interesting, and sometimes funny to say. I always look forward to hearing from him! For a lousy, arrogant, know-all philosopher he makes more than a half-decent photographer, which is rare; and, seriously, over … Read more

To have Robi the Idea-man as an active contact is a rare treat. The guy always has something stimulating, interesting, and sometimes funny to say. I always look forward to hearing from him! For a lousy, arrogant, know-all philosopher he makes more than a half-decent photographer, which is rare; and, seriously, over the past eight months or so, his work has matured so fast that I have to keep reinventing my grasp of his trademark style(s) and subjects. This is a man I hope to meet in person one day, if only to try to separate reality from myth, and watch how he goes about creating such engaging work--as well as to debate the face of the earth.

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October 27, 2007
su bion says:

I think its time to write a few words about a real Idea-man.... Pain in the ass, egoistic, rotten to the bone, dishonest, hardfisted, selfish, double tongued....Who are you anyway? :)).... Honored to be a modest part of your artistic creative mind, objective eye and fast photo shooter finger.... Proud that you are/wil… Read more

I think its time to write a few words about a real Idea-man.... Pain in the ass, egoistic, rotten to the bone, dishonest, hardfisted, selfish, double tongued....Who are you anyway? :)).... Honored to be a modest part of your artistic creative mind, objective eye and fast photo shooter finger.... Proud that you are/will be my true budd/pajdo and to be able to witness some of your bad haircuts ;)) as we grow up together.... Happy that I know you as a great human being " Eat shit and die Mr. Kritsky! Thats what he said! "

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October 27, 2007

Everytime I see your photos and descriptions below them I laugh my ass of. That's why I'm happy all the time.

August 8, 2007
Mia K! says:

Well, it seems to be the time to write a few lines about Robi, whose work I have been following for a while now.. He's one of those people who take amazing photos, but the difference between quality and excellence is always in something else - it is in the feelings and thoughts which the works evoke. And as far as that… Read more

Well, it seems to be the time to write a few lines about Robi, whose work I have been following for a while now.. He's one of those people who take amazing photos, but the difference between quality and excellence is always in something else - it is in the feelings and thoughts which the works evoke. And as far as that's concerned, I would say that Robi is an excellent artist. Always looking forward to see more from you, sunarodnjače! ;)

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May 19, 2007