Photos by Blerim Racaj. (The server, like many in the Eastern block, is rather slow.)
To the untrained eye, they may appear straight-up-and-down photos, some with a person in front, but they are actually very carefully composed pictures which combine an environment in a fluid whole, sometimes with a person. I think the best of his photos are just beautiful, by virtue of composition, sensibility, tension, lines, colors... And taken in places where no normal person would think to even bring a camera.
This also has an example of what I've talked about before: portrait number nine, of a young girl in front of a broken wall and trees, appears a little messy as seen on his site. I saw it in a magazine in a large size where you could see that the trees in the background are actually out of focus, which changes the entire picture, and it is very beautiful.
And so, like Mike Johnston once pointed out, you have seen a small version of something, and you think you have seen it, but really you haven't.
He's photos are indeed masterful. But oh how I hate those photo galleries that are built with Macromedia Flash.
ReplyDeleteMe too! A regular posterior pain to save, and often too large for me to receive.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. I heard he grew up in Albania and Yugoslavia, is that true?
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