en algún lugar de Polonia…
entrevista con Jakub a.k.a. Kubica por Diego L. Rodríguez
“Los sitios más comunes pueden ser los más interesantes.
Sólo hay que buscar en ellos. Buscar en ese mundo aparentemente limpio los residuos, óxidos, astillas, huellas, e incluso restos de algo que no nos atrevemos ni a investigar.
Incluso se pueden sacar colores de ello….”
Después de la descripción (modo personal) de lo que sería la base del trabajo del fotógrafo que hablaremos a continuación, debo decir que lo primero que me impactó de su galería fueron los escenarios, acompañados de tan exquisitos detalles. Es evidente que el HDR se está apoderando de la mente de miles de fotógrafos. Millones. En la mayoría de los casos, con el límite de la creatividad rozando mínimos y atendiendo a clichés usados hasta la saciedad.
No es el caso de Jakub; o al menos mi visión es muy distinta. El fotógrafo no sólo nos presenta unas fotos de una variedad lumínica y una espectacularidad soberbias. Nos aisla el concepto; nos atrae hacia él. .
Kubica nos muestra iglesias, nos muestra interiores sucios, nos muestra escaleras rotas, nos muestra caserones antiguos. En definitiva, aprovecha al máximo su ciudad, sus rincones, sus ángulos, sus edificios antiguos, sus calles.
Y saca partido de ciertas particularidades, ofreciéndonos una visión completamente novedosa y distinta. Una visión colorista en definitiva, de algo que no debería brillar; que no debería tener casi pigmentación muchas veces.
Kubica respondió a algunas preguntas para Paranoid Park .
Espero que os guste la pequeña entrevista (en su idioma original) con este , bajo mi opinión, particular fotógrafo:
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DLR: After browsing your pictures I came to realize you like to capture industrialized/urban sceneries: buildings, streets, deserted spots, factories…Do you have this environment on mind, or you take the advantage of the elements around you?
KUB: I think it’s mixed. I was always interested in industrial sceneries because they are unusual (especially abandoned industrial areas) and they are sign of our times – like footprint of technological evolution.
DLR: Poland: Offers all you need like photographer?
KUB: If you ask about photographic oportunities or location, then yes – all places are good. We just need to realize potential of particular location. If you ask about possibility of living from phtography – I’m not on this stage of my adventure with photography.
DLR: That unique processing you gave to your HDR photo. Do you usually have in mind the post-precessing before you press your camera trigger?
KUB: Im trying to “tone map” in my mind – we can guess how flattened dynamic range can look like in final image. After month of practicing you will do this automatically with every scene.
DLR: Do you find more attractive the landscapes than for example the human anatomy?
KUB: For now – yes.
DLR: The photography…is created by the own nature or by the humans need for view impossible angles, textures, new perspectives?
KUB: I think Both and much more. Surprisingly its only two dimensional medium with very big potential that we just started to explore.
DLR: Some people likes discuss about the retouching work on pictures… Many people criticize it because the final piece differs too much from the original outcome. Do you feel it affects in any way to your pieces? Do you think people tend to exaggerate?
KUB: Final image is only what matters. I was always paranoid about loss of information, so maybe this is why my photographs are overloaded with tiny details. I think that its important to do what you think is right – I get ton of emails with “tips & hints” to abandon HDR.
DLR: About the HDR. Do you plan on using that very same technique on other sort of pictures? maybe MACRO or PORTRAITS?
KUB: Yes I’m planning smth new, future will tell how it will work out. I have many experimental pictures but i discarded it as unsuitable for audience. I think that HDR will stay with me for a long time.
DLR: Do you have any inspirational figures, artistic movements or references?
KUB: It may sound strange, but im mainly interested in paintings, hyperrealism and surrealism. I like everything that looks unusual, and I appreciate any attempts to extend our vision.
DLR: Where would you love to see your work displayed?
KUB: In Museum of Modern Art, maybe someday, but I doubt it… I think any gallery that displays modern photography will be good enough.
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You can find the full gallery at:
Thank you very much Jakub a.k.a. Kubica for your time and for the collaboration.
Special thanks to Safety for help me with the corrections.
vaya gran fotografo , aplausos
La vas a traducir?
Bueno, si no lo haces ya me las ingeniare, con lo que me gusta este fotografo T_T
es muy interesante como el trabaja su hdr para darle el toque “macabro” que tiene en la mayoria de sus trabajos, tambien los angulos pueden ir a lo surrealista y eso lo favorece muchisimo
bien hecho man