Stepan Pomeschikov
Volgograd | Russia
BIOGRAPHY
I was born in 1997 and still live in Volgograd, Russia. The world of photography did not concern me in any way until the end of the 4th year of university. I was not interested in it, for I studied to be an architect. I drew and wrote music mostly.
It was the spring of 2019 when I found an old Zenith camera that belonged to my grandfather. So I decided to try shooting on film for fun, as such photos were popular among my friends. There was something fleeting in those pictures, I felt the magic of stopping time and constantly wanted to take more pictures. It is difficult for me to tell exactly how my works differ from others. I see how they contain parts of what interests me in art, but it's all intuitive. Music, cinema, and fashion of the 20th century, the Japanese philosophy of Wabi-Sabi, the personalities of the people depicted. The main emotional influence on me was the work of Paolo Roversi, Andrey Tarkovsky, and Elizaveta Porodina, they contain a concentrated amount of the feeling that I strive to find in it. Photography has become for me the fastest way to portray a fleeting moment of intimate beauty that evokes an emotional response in me, which I try to convey to the viewer. The main challenge is the need to be trained enough to engage in self-education and systematize the knowledge gained. By protecting myself from the surrounding grayness and contrasting it with art, I change the audience's worldview. Imagery is the key. It seems to me that the artistic view of life is being in a world of images and stories. The artist influences the collective unconscious with the imaginative message of its work, gives society an impetus to change. Mostly I like the work that is in the process of being created. It is connected with the latest knowledge and experience. I strive to convey my vision of beauty and philosophy to the audience. The feeling of finding oneself in the beauty of the moment. My works are about people's freedom of expression. The main issues in my work are freedom from prejudice, the uniqueness of each image depicted, liberation from the existing standards of beauty in society, protest against grayness. The best photos contain a sense of similarity to reality, a sense of Wabi-Sabi. I'm going to follow these feelings and analyze the works of other authors who share them. I identify with photography, and it has been able to absorb everything that inspired me in other areas, such as painting, drawing, and music. I aim to create a project that will inspire new artists.
