Falling In Love by Petr Lovigin (Russia, 1981) (November 12, 2009) 
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Curator Statement by Diederik Meijer
I cannot help smiling when I look at this picture book of joyfullness. At the same time, the form chosen, staged black and white photography, imposes a sense of nostalgia. It gives the work a fairytale-like quality and imposes a sense of how - when you were still small - you would want things to be when you would grow up. Falling In Love leaves me with a smile of melancholy, a memory of the happiness of childhood, that was replaced by a loss of innocence. This week's artists have been selected by Olga Sviblova, curator of the Moscow House Of Photography. Petr Lovigin on the web: lovigin.livejournal.com.
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Our poll "A photo essay always needs a great written story" closed. 267 people voted, 28% agrees, 72% disagrees. 233 people answered our follow-up question "Are you a photographer?" 82% indicated they are, 18% said no. Initially, negative answers to question #1 were almost 100% as was the pecentage of photographers among respondants. Then, when the level of non-photographers started to rise, the percentage of people indicating good text is always essential started to rise too. This seems to indicate that non-photographers think that adding good text to your photo essays is essential. In my opinion: if you want non-photographers to dig your work, you know what to do...
Project description: Dancers Julie and Serg have loved each other and danced with each other since they were born. Some of these photos were taken just minutes apart, between others a year passed. But if the feelings are strong only the scenery and age may change. Scenes slide in front of our eyes - smudgy women in factories, Goethe and Nietzsche library book covers' smells, markets and wedding bicycles, swings and merry-go-rounds, the Volga and port warehouses, train stations and dunes.. Dresses in the sky in horizontal planes.. Artist statement: After finishing the Yaroslavl Technical University in 2004 year Petr Lovigin bought a photocamera and started to take pictures of his own life. Lovigin loves the humour of absurdity as he photographs the Suleymaniye Mosque drowning in maple leaves in Istanbul, cries of "Bessame Muccho" in the street of Barcelona, Takeshi Kitano, Sathya Sai Baba and Russian Rock Star Boris Grebenshchikov, Genius Dog, Wolf the Emerald Heart and his faithful friend Odnomubogu, the Pokrova-na-Nerli church standing in the middle of a field, surrounded by walking giraffes, "Jamaica" of Robertino Loretti among Russian landscapes - all that co-exsist in the mythological country called "Costarica," which was created in Lovigin's heart and mind as well as in his Internet space.
Petr Lovigin (Russia, 1981) () lives and works in Moscow, Russia.
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I love it with all the white and the hapiness!
One of my favourite Black Snapper series since august 1st. Praise to Petr and Diederik for showing and describing so well, the feelings on (lost) childhood. I love this work.
AWESOME!
:D LOVE IT!