Photographs with Quotes

17.06 - 28.06.2011
An exhibition by Alexey Kolobov, Ukraine
Opening: 17.06.2011 at 19:30
ZoomBox Center

Born in 1975 in Novosibirsk, Russia. Took up photography at the age of twelve. Author and organizer of various projects in the area of photography in Ukraine. Participant in many collective exhibitions in Ukraine, Russia and Germany. Award-winner in EPSON "My Best Photo" Competition, award of appraisal category, Mars Gallery, Moscow, Russia (2010); joint exhibition with N. Saltikov in Butterfly Cinema Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (2010); participation in "Portraits in Black and White" competition, "Best Works" category, Modern Art Museum, Moscow, Russia (2009). Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.

"Photographs With Quotes" is the summary of what I do in general and the title of this particular exhibition…

АI am confident that each and every one of us, me, you and millions of people around the world, our destiny and LIFE itself, we are all nothing more than a higher state of art... Isn’t it wonderful that you and I can love, conceive children, enjoy every day, study, think, create, make art… The destiny of each one of us is a wonderful ingenious novel written by ourselves and God…

My photographs are simple quotes from this novel, only attempts through light and darkness to approach the human entity through portraits and the nature’s glory through landscapes…
If these attempts are good, only you – the VIEWER can decide…

I clearly understand that I have only made the first few steps on the road called LIGHT DRAWING…

Alexey Kolobov