Issue 92 - february 2023

Photographer Boris Muskevich (Israel)
Can you tell us a little about you? I live in Israel. Born
in Estonia. I travel a lot.
How and when did you get into photography? I have
been taking pictures since school.
What does photography mean to you? Photography is
my life's work.
Please briefly describe your photography style for our
readers. Sensual soft eroticism.
Where do you get inspiration from? In the people
around me.
Do you think in advance what you want in the picture?
In some cases, yes. But more often it happens spontaneously.
Studio, on location or both? Location.
Would you consider yourself a hobbyist or a paid professional?
I am a paid professional.
What has been your most memorable session and
why? All my photo shoots are equally interesting to me.
Nikon or Canon? Favorite lens? Nikon. 24-120.
What is one piece of advice you would like to offer
a new photographer looking to start? There are two
ways to do photography. The first is to observe and
record reality, the second one is to create it. In the
first case, the photographer’s task is to be at the
point in space and time, where events are lining up
in order to form the compositional so-lution. This is
how street photographers and repor-ters work.
The second way is to create a composition that, by
its effect on the viewer, will equal or exceed the
energy of reality. That’s how studio photo-graphers
work.
In both cases, having “something unspeakable" in
the frame makes it possible to turn the frame from a
cultural phenomenon to an art object. In other
words, as Bart wrote, "when non-art becomes art".
Of course, there are not pure genres.
You can take a "portrait of a tree" or "dancing house",
but anyway, it’s important to remember the
"decisive moment" that Bresson was talking about.
The "decisive moment" is not an event that should
be reflected in the frame, but the something unspeakable
you saw, which makes your frame an
event.
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