Artist Statement
For me photography is an exploration of tangible things, which I take from their place in nature and make into images with their own associations, just as functional speech lies adjacent to lyrical music in the palette of sound. This process is a manifestation of all the factors of practical experience that affect our perception: climate, race, temperament, education, and many others. This process is aided by structure and composition, as well as by formal elements rooted in our biological experience.
Process Statement
The world exists in harmony. It is structured and therefore logical. I try to examine the causal principles of my own view of the world and all the information pouring out of it. I try to peer into it, and listen carefully to everything I do, be it in photography or video, or in the other things I have been doing since childhood - drama, music, painting. I am interested in looking for parallels in separate elements of various art forms. In effect, by doing this I am trying to feel my way towards some kind of visual 'poetry'. I select details (metaphors) from the immense volume of information in the outside world, that might be able to create a cohesive narrative and explore some concept , where every image is self-sufficient and harmonious in itself. For me a visual sequence is a complete poetic expression.
Nikita Pirogov (b. 1989 Leningrad, USSR), is Russian artist, poet and photographer, working with themes of memory, human relations to nature, philosophy and poetry as well as spiritual practices such as doukhoborism, shamanism and other primordial, including pagan and old believers practices in religious minor communities. Studied acting and directing in St. Petersburg State Theater Arts Academy and Fine Art Photography in IED Madrid. Participated in solo and group exhibitions in Russia, Europe, U.S.A. and Asia, and Latin America, including such exhibitions as: Russian Photography: Young Generation, Houston, TX, USA, 2012; Relics from the Spsceship, Pingyao international festival of Photography in Pingyao, China; The Other Shore solo show in Galleri Image in Aarhus, Denmark, Photovisa International Festival of Photography in Krasnodar, Russia, CLIF in Curitiba, Brazil and others. Works appeared in numerous publications, including Eikon magazine, Foto&Video, European Photography, The Telegraph, Photoworld magazine, Bird in flight, 1000words and others. Works in private collections in Russia, USA, France, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, and in collection of the State Russian Museum. Lives and works in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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