Pictorial Photography of N.P. Andreev

Author: N.P.Andreev

I’m happy to announce a new Phoetica category called Pictorial Photography. Pictorialism started in the second half of 19th century, as an art movement which stressed the mood or viewpoint of the picture, rather than the subject itself. Some photographers have followed this approach as well, pondering if the camera isn’t recording the subject too detailed and too accurate, which may impact the overall atmosphere of the image. As a result, several new techniques have been invented, which caused the resulting photo looks more like a creative art work.

We are going to present several role models of this esteemed photography discipline, starting with an internationally recognized Russian photographer N.P. Andreev. The wild Russian land of the early twentieth century is perfectly disposed for being depicted by Pictorial Photography. The romantic mood of Andreev’s pictures is really beautifull and poetic. Some of his masterpieces can be seen in the Sheremei’s Gallery. Phoetica wish you a fabulous browsing and thanks the folks at Sheremei’s Gallery for providing this experience to all of us.

Comments

Saw your link on DPC. Interesting shots. Curious to find out more… was it extra contrast in post proccessing or a large grain film? Or both?

Comment by Tom 2/14/2004 @ 2:31 pm
Tom, here is the link to the author’s bio. They explain, that “To stress the romantic mood of images, the artist used soft-focus lenses often made by himself and a variety of alternative developing processes such as bromoil with transfer and handcolouring. Many of his darkroom techniques resulted in incredible tone grade and enigmatic lightness forever remain a secret. So some in-house tricks propably. :)

Comment by Phoetica 2/14/2004 @ 3:30 pm
Absolutely some of the most beautiful photography I have ever seen and I’ve looked at a lot of photography in my life!

Comment by Richard Buroker 7/19/2004 @ 2:44 am

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