Julia-Anna Gospodarou
Κάθαρσις | Catharsis IV – Spellbound
(EXPLORED - No.2 - May 09, 2013)
(catharsis = purification, renewal, reborn of the soul and spirit through art)
Metsovo, Pindus Mountains, Greece
Another lone tree in my winterscape series...
This project started two years ago. I wanted to photograph this place under snow for the last two winters, but as you probably know, I live in Greece and we do have a lot of sun and warm weather, but snow is a rarity. Plus, this place is quite far away from my home (some 450km to be exact) so it's not too easy to get there, meaning that I was relying quite a lot on luck, which I finally had this winter.
Everything I shot in this series has been shot in not more than a couple of hours and I still have a lot of images, even very different than the one in this series that I either processed or I will process because I like them all. I have also done some experiments with ICM (intentional camera movement), some very minimal images but surreal and quite hunting, and they will probably become an independent series and I also have some other shots with larger subjects. What I want to say with this is that sometimes the conditions are so perfect: weather, place, inspiration, moment, luck that almost every click you make can result in a finished image. It's quite rare for all these to come together and create such a perfect moment, but this day was one of those moments. These two or three hours that I was there shooting trees were some of the most intense and rewarding in my photographic life. And I could say that this series reflects somehow the course of my recent life and it helped me to find answers to a lot of questions that I had in a process of “finding myself” artistically and individually. As I have already said I consider art as a very personal issue, as something you do because you deeply need it, as a tool in interpreting life and the world around us and I don't believe in any other message than the personal one as far as real art is concerned.
I'm trying to keep it short here (yes, this s short for me :), so, if you want to read about the creation, technical details and the processing of this photo and the Catharsis series come over to my blog where I continue my story. blog.juliaannagospodarou.com/catharsis-iv-spellbound-maki...
Limited edition prints available, Open edition prints as well.
Chicago Fine Art Architectural Workshop – September 5-8, 2013 – Info & Registrations
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Κάθαρσις | Catharsis IV – Spellbound
(EXPLORED - No.2 - May 09, 2013)
(catharsis = purification, renewal, reborn of the soul and spirit through art)
Metsovo, Pindus Mountains, Greece
Another lone tree in my winterscape series...
This project started two years ago. I wanted to photograph this place under snow for the last two winters, but as you probably know, I live in Greece and we do have a lot of sun and warm weather, but snow is a rarity. Plus, this place is quite far away from my home (some 450km to be exact) so it's not too easy to get there, meaning that I was relying quite a lot on luck, which I finally had this winter.
Everything I shot in this series has been shot in not more than a couple of hours and I still have a lot of images, even very different than the one in this series that I either processed or I will process because I like them all. I have also done some experiments with ICM (intentional camera movement), some very minimal images but surreal and quite hunting, and they will probably become an independent series and I also have some other shots with larger subjects. What I want to say with this is that sometimes the conditions are so perfect: weather, place, inspiration, moment, luck that almost every click you make can result in a finished image. It's quite rare for all these to come together and create such a perfect moment, but this day was one of those moments. These two or three hours that I was there shooting trees were some of the most intense and rewarding in my photographic life. And I could say that this series reflects somehow the course of my recent life and it helped me to find answers to a lot of questions that I had in a process of “finding myself” artistically and individually. As I have already said I consider art as a very personal issue, as something you do because you deeply need it, as a tool in interpreting life and the world around us and I don't believe in any other message than the personal one as far as real art is concerned.
I'm trying to keep it short here (yes, this s short for me :), so, if you want to read about the creation, technical details and the processing of this photo and the Catharsis series come over to my blog where I continue my story. blog.juliaannagospodarou.com/catharsis-iv-spellbound-maki...
Limited edition prints available, Open edition prints as well.
Chicago Fine Art Architectural Workshop – September 5-8, 2013 – Info & Registrations
_______________________________________________________________________________
Website | Google+ | 500px | Art Limited | 1x.com | Facebook | Facebook Page | Twitter | LinkedIn