CREATING A PHOTOGRAPHY RATHER THAN SIMPLY RECORDING IT…
PICTORIALISM
THIS WEBSITE PROMOTES PHOTOGRAPHY AS ART. THE PHOTOGRAPHS, PRESENTED ON THIS SITE, ARE FINE-ART AND LANDSCAPE MOTIVES WITH CONTENTS PRIMARILY CREATED AT LAKE OHRID AND ITS RESOURCES. AS A MEDIA, WE WILL USE ITS FUNCTION TO PROMOTE THIS PART OF THE EARTH AND TO SHOW ITS VALUE AND IMPORTANCE AS A WORLD NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE - TO PROVOKE CERTAIN FEELINGS AND TO OFFER SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS. BUT WE WILL TRY TO ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION AND JUSTIFY YOUR TIME TO HAVE A LOOK INTO A SMALL SECTION OF OUR GALLERY WITH POSSIBILITY TO GENERATE RESPECTFUL INTEREST…
WHEN I READ THE PART OF BORIS CHIPAN, THE GREAT ARCHITECT, IN HIS BOOK ON ST. SOFIA OHRIDSKA, AS I WATCH MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD IN FRONT OF ME, AS HOLOGRAM PROJECTION, SEEKING THE CAUSE THAT CREATED IN ME THE LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART AND WHAT I WANTED TO BE MEMORIZE CREATING AN IMAGE MADE THROUGH A PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS... TO PRESERVE THIS MAGIC THAT OWNS THIS CITY AND LAKE: - "I WAS RAISED UP IN A CITY WHERE I WOULD ALWAYS STUMBLE ON THE REMAINS OF THE HISTORY. IN THE BACKYARD OF MY HOME THERE WAS A STONE WITH AN ENGRAVING IN AN UNKNOWN LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF WHICH MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD LIGHT CANDLES. GETTING INTO THE HOLES OF THE CITADEL, SITUATED OVER MY PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS NOT ONLY A CHILD CURIOSITY BUT A DESIRE TO MEET WITH THE UNKNOWN AND THE MYSTERY. CLIMBING UP THE FORTRESS OF ‘GORNISARE’ IN WHICH CRACKS BIRDS MADE THEIR NESTS, THERE WAS A TASTE OF ADVENTURE WITH WARRIORS FROM THE TALES. RUNNING OVER THE LAKE HILLS OF LABINO AND KANEO WAS A SEARCH FOR LAKE FERRIES THAT WERE MET ONLY BY THE FISHERMEN WHEN FISHING AT NIGHT IN THEIR ANCIENT FISHING BOATS. DIVING INTO THE LAKE WAS LIKE A REVELATION OF A WORLD OF COSMIC VEGETATION AROUND THE STONES ROLLING THROUGH THE EONS OF THE LAKE EXISTENCE."
I WAS BORN IN OHRID IN 1969. I GREW TO LIKE THE PHOTOGRAPHY FROM MY UNCLE WHO WAS VENDOR OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, BUT NOT AS MY PRIMARY PROFESSION. THE PHOTO CAMERA IS PART OF MY EVERYDAY LIVING. I AM MOSTLY FINE-ART AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER. HOWEVER, I CREATE PHOTOGRAPHS ON EVERYDAY MOTIVES, THAT ARE SURROUNDING US. IT IS INTERESTING WHEN WE ESTABLISH CERTAIN CONNECTIVITY WITH THE CAMERA AND THE SURROUNDING THROUGH THE PHOTO LENS - A KIND OF REVEALING NEW PERSPECTIVES, I GUESS...
SOMETIMES, A KIND OF FREQUENCY WILL ARISE OUR FEELINGS WHICH WILL MAKE US EXPRESS OUR INNER CREATIVE SOUL AND WE BRIDGE CERTAIN COMMUNICATION WITH THE EXTERNAL WORLD. THE PHOTOGRAPHY AS A MEDIUM, ACTUALLY, OFFERS THAT POSSIBILITY TO US - SO WE COULD ''SEE'' THAT BOTH BLENDED INTO ONE, THE OBSERVER IS AN INSEPARABLE PART OF THE OBSERVED...
