A Ukrainian photographer, Alexander Krivitski, claims to have created a new art genre – PHOTOTHEATRE. He claims that all artists before him called 1 work of art, one photo, with a staged background and a posing model a phototheatre. What Krivitski has created is a series of photos that tell a story as a whole while each of the photos in a series can live a life on its own too.
How does he make his “photo plays”? Krivitski says it’s like a “flight of a soul”. His photos are not staged, he is there in the moment with the camera and he captures whatever is there in that moment.
Why phototheatre? The artist says that one photo is not enough to convey all the complexity of the story and emotions. Phototheatre allows the viewer to see more of the world and how the story develops within the phototheatrical play.
He also stresses that what he creates is not a photoset, it is a theatre because each of the photos can be taken out and viewed separately. His phototheatre according to Krivitski is a collection of photos – 2, 3, a hundred that are connected by the same plot from the first one to the last.
It is also important that all participants of the phototheatre are photo artists, i.e. both the model(s) and the photographer. Krivitski is sure that in order to make an interesting story models have to understand how photography works only then they will be able to perform at their best. If out of 25 participants even 5 are not photographers the quality of the result of the photo session will be totally different from what can be created by a team consisting of just photographers.
Krivitski creates phototheatre not only in the studio but also “en plain air” too. He says that there is no and should not be the leader in this process because everyone wants to create the same thing and works hard together to make it as best as they can. Phototheatre erases the difference between those behind the camera and in front of it.
This genre is gaining popularity in the Ukraine and Russia. A. Krivitski himself created more than a dozen “photo plays” which can be viewed at http://www.krivitskiy.com/ Most of the site is in Russian but there are bits and pieces about phototheatre on the left hand side of the homepage in English where you can see all of his plays. Below is an abstract from 1 of his plays - JaponaMOIKA - a short study on daily chores of a poor Japanese girl who likes day dreaming.
How does he make his “photo plays”? Krivitski says it’s like a “flight of a soul”. His photos are not staged, he is there in the moment with the camera and he captures whatever is there in that moment.
Why phototheatre? The artist says that one photo is not enough to convey all the complexity of the story and emotions. Phototheatre allows the viewer to see more of the world and how the story develops within the phototheatrical play.
He also stresses that what he creates is not a photoset, it is a theatre because each of the photos can be taken out and viewed separately. His phototheatre according to Krivitski is a collection of photos – 2, 3, a hundred that are connected by the same plot from the first one to the last.
It is also important that all participants of the phototheatre are photo artists, i.e. both the model(s) and the photographer. Krivitski is sure that in order to make an interesting story models have to understand how photography works only then they will be able to perform at their best. If out of 25 participants even 5 are not photographers the quality of the result of the photo session will be totally different from what can be created by a team consisting of just photographers.
Krivitski creates phototheatre not only in the studio but also “en plain air” too. He says that there is no and should not be the leader in this process because everyone wants to create the same thing and works hard together to make it as best as they can. Phototheatre erases the difference between those behind the camera and in front of it.
This genre is gaining popularity in the Ukraine and Russia. A. Krivitski himself created more than a dozen “photo plays” which can be viewed at http://www.krivitskiy.com/ Most of the site is in Russian but there are bits and pieces about phototheatre on the left hand side of the homepage in English where you can see all of his plays. Below is an abstract from 1 of his plays - JaponaMOIKA - a short study on daily chores of a poor Japanese girl who likes day dreaming.
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