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Tatyana Palyga - Colorless Days
Nov 06, 2013
I work in a sales department at a plant that produces soft drinks. My working day begins at 9 a.m. At 9 a.m. I must put my admission card to a special sensor at the clock-house to witness my appearance in the workplace. It is easy to check up punctuality of the employees. A few minutes and I am in the office. I pass through a long empty corridor where all the doors are closed. On the walls there are pictures depicting giant fruits. I enter the room, briefly say hello to my colleagues and sit down to my workplace. I switch on my computer. While it is being loaded, I move a frame on a wall calendar to the following date. As usual I count the days left until the week-end. I open my mail-box and delete unnecessary letters. Then I make some daily reports. I boil water in a teapot, drink a cup of tea. Dinner time comes. The employees have the advantage of eating in a good canteen. A dinner is an outstanding event in the office life. If you manage to occupy a seat by the window it is possible to find out what the weather is today. After the dinner I do a couple of phone calls, some Excel tables, and drink one more cups of tea. Once in a while someone drops in to chat with me for a couple of minutes. But not every day. At 6 p.m. I stand up, put on a coat, say "good-bye" to those who stay at the office. Passing by a reception, I say ritually to a secretary girl: “How come you're still here? It’s time to go home!” Next morning I have to wake up at 7 o’clock. There will be a new day.
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The shortest post with a funny video as a goodbye
Nov 13, 2013 - Tatyana Palyga
Dear all! Today is the last day of my week of posting in this blog. I want to thank Der Greif team again for giving me such a wonderful opportunity to share my favorites with those who are interested in photography. I hope you enjoyed my posts. To make a cheerful ending I attach a video created by a Serbian artist Miloš Tomič. Be happy, make nice photographs, read Der Greif! :)
Quay. My work in progress.
Nov 12, 2013 - Tatyana Palyga
In my previous posts I briefly introduced you to some recent works of some Russian photographers. And this time I would like to take advantage of the situation and show you my own work in progress, a project which I started when living in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its working title is »Quay«, that is because the photographs in this series were taken on one of the banks of Neva river where boats and ships moor and people come for a walk. (more…)
Book by Alexander Bondar
Nov 11, 2013 - Tatyana Palyga
Today I'll show you another dummy of a photography book made by my good friend Alexander Bondar who is also Russian. It is a kind of layered visual story with broken rhythm and repetitions based on subjects from everyday life. It was the first result that was achieved by the end of the book-making workshop with Teun van der Heijden that I mentioned in one of the previous posts, and a final version is nearly to be finished and printed. (more…)
1/23 Photographic Study for ‘Hearst’s International’ January © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
2/23 The Slav Epic in the Great Hall of Veletržní Palace in Prague.
3/23 1926 The Oath of Omladina under the Slavic Linden Tree – The Slavic Revival tempera on canvas 480 x 405 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
4/23 Children posing as the Czech youths vowing Slavic ideals for ‘The Oath of Omlandina under the Slavic Linden Tree’ (The Slav Epic cycle No.18, 1926) (1925-1926)
5/23 Photographic study for The Slav Epic cycle
6/23 Photographic study for Slav Epic
7/23 Photographic study © Mucha Trust
8/23 Photographic study for The Slav Epic cycle ust
9/23 1920 Winter Night photographic study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
10/23 1927 ‘De Forest Phonofilm’ photographic study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Parisphotographic study
11/23 c1902-03 Mucha’s studio, Rue du Val de Grâce, Paris © Mucha Trustvelle-Woman-I
12/23 Mucha and assistant posing for Mount Athos
13/23 Photographic study for ‘Hearst’s International’ June © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
14/23 1918c Naše Písen photographic study
15/23 1903 Photographic study for cover of Ainslle’s magazine May 1904 © Alphonse Mucha Estate-Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York-ADAGP, Paris
16/23 Photographic study for ‘Truth’ © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
17/23 Photographic study for ‘Truth’ © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
18/23 Photographic study for a cover. Atelier Mucha, Paris. 1899-
19/23 Photographic study © Mucha Trust
20/23 Photographic study © Mucha Trust
21/23 Photographic study © Mucha Trust
22/23 Photographic study for The Slav Epic cycle
23/23 c1898 Photographic study © Mucha Trust
Photographic Studies by Alphonse Mucha
Nov 10, 2013 - Tatyana Palyga
Being now a student of J. E. Purkyne University in Ústí nad Labem, that is in Czech Republic, I often visit Prague mainly to see the current exhibitions of photography and contemporary art. During my last visit I found myself at the exhibition of works by Alphonse Mucha, a Czech painter who is best known for his luxurious poster and product designs in Art Nouveau style. His cycle The Slav Epic presenting twenty monumental pictures was exhibited there. He spent 18 years creating the cycle and drew inspiration from Slav mythology and the history of the Czech nation. But they were not the paintings themselves that impressed me most. Flipping through the album dedicated to this cycle I discovered Mucha's photographic studies that he used to make drafts for pictures. After that I tried to find other examples of his photographs that he used abundantly. (more…)
1/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
2/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
3/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
4/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
5/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
6/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
7/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
8/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
9/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
10/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
11/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
12/12 Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
Book by Elena Kholkina “Did We Ever Meet?”
Nov 08, 2013 - Tatyana Palyga
Now we meet more and more examples of art projects that deal with photos from different archives, not necessarily the artist's own ones. But today I would really like to introduce you the work by a Moscow photographer Elena Kholkina »Did We Ever Meet?«, which in my opinion represents a very charming way of working with her own photographic archive and mixing it with pictures taken from her friend's archive. (more…)
1/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
2/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
3/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
4/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
5/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
6/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
7/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
8/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
9/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
10/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
11/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
12/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
13/13 A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz
Book by Max Sher “A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz”
- Tatyana Palyga
Book »A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz« by Max Sher. Keeping on with the topic of found images today I'm glad to share with you a brief preview of a new book by the Russian photographer Max Sher, that was published only a couple of months ago. The book titled »A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz« is based on photographs from a family archive from the 1960-80s which was found by him in an abandoned flat. (more…)
1/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
2/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
3/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenkol
4/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
5/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
6/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
7/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
8/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
9/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
10/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
11/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
12/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
13/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
14/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
15/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
16/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
17/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
18/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
19/19 Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
Found In A Photolab by Ilya Pilipenko
Nov 06, 2013 - Tatyana Palyga
Hello, dear readers and viewers! I'm so happy to appear as a guest-blogger for Der Greif! Hope you'll enjoy my posts in which I present some projects mostly by Russian photographers which are somehow close and dear to me - some books and collections of found images. I also want to use this chance to share some of my current work with you . (more…)