My Carpathians. Landscapes of clouds, rocks, trees, waterfalls and horses. Man and 'absent in these prints, but its traces are visible from all sides. Edited by Vincenzo Mirisola.
by Vincenzo Mirisola
The "My Carpathians" is an original vision of the Ukrainian Carpathians through the lens of Yuriy Kovalchyk. Landscapes of clouds, rocks, trees, waterfalls and horses. Extraordinary pictures that look like ancient writing. Man is absent in these works, but its traces are visible from all sides. Some fine still lifes narrate the lives of the inhabitants of the Carpathians, as the old windows with curtains of tulle, behind which there is an alarm antediluvian with broken glass, a symbol of that time has stopped. On the walls of the houses of rural households are the faded photos with pictures of relatives living and dead. The photos also by the army farewell ceremonies, weddings and funerals. Some critics find similarities between these works and photos of the American genius Edward Weston.
Special work is a method of singular execution of the prints. Because of this reason his pictures look antique prints, engravings and watercolors. is a classic hand-made, with the prints pulled by hand on paper-based art of the major international manufacturers with the photographic emulsion prepared according to the recipe author. The method and mode of application of the emulsion are patented and have the original name of "emulsiografiya. it is impossible to do more than once the same picture: every picture is unique.
The author
Yuriy Kovalchyk is a famous Ukrainian photographer. was born in Lviv. Since 1998 he is member of the National Union of Ukrainian artists, photographers. From 2000 to 2010 is a member of the National Union of Ukrainian artists, photographers.
Since 2006 he is artistic director of the international creative "White Square". Since 2009, the Company's Chairman of Ukraine Photography Alternative (UTAF).
Yuriy Kovalchyk has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. is one of the authors who created illustrations for the book "Rights of the Child" in 1995. He participated in the project International Insight. Ukrainian black and white photograph of the twenty-first century. " In 2008 he published an album with this title, which are also the work of Yuriy Kovalchyk.
In 2009, his photographs have been exhibited in the project "Insight. Ukrainian Photography: 1989-2009 "(Month of Photography in Bratislava, Slovakia).
Yuriy Kovalchyk is the inventor of "emulsiografiya. For this invention in 2006 received a national patent in Ukraine for the resolution photographic emulsion for printing and for projective application method and coating.
Many photo magazines have written about his creative activity. Among them: "Світло і тінь" ("Light and Shadow"), "Dfoto", "Digital Photographer" and other non-photographic editions.
The artist's works are preserved in private collections in Britain, the United States, Poland, Canada, Moldova and Ukraine. Are
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