Artist Blog

Every week an artist whose single image was published by Der Greif is given a platform in which to blog about contemporary photography.

Today i want to share the work of Sergiy Lebedynskyy. »This young Ukrainian photographer, a founding member of the Shilo photo group (2010), uses a traditional basic Ukrainian spa as a metaphor for the current state of his country, stuck between a certain nostalgia for the previous system and looking with apprehension toward an uncertain future. In a present that has seen the emergence of deep financial discrepancies between people, some find refuge in traditions, old myths and recipes. The photographer, a PhD in physics otherwise, used a panoramic camera (Horizon) and outdated photographic paper from the Soviet era to better emphasize his approach.« More information on: www.shilo-group.com