Issue 94 - April 2023

Photograpger Andrew Lucas (Andrii Lukash)
(Ukraine)
SELF-PORTRAIT FOR NORMAL
I had many different jobs in various industries before my first public exhibition four years ago. I still have a lot of
feelings and feelings about this exhibition. Even now I continue to display or post on the net the collection of the
exhibition. But that does not mean that I consider my best photographs as the only photo, the one I will do
tomorrow. I adore them as if they were my children, an image is a success only thanks to to a connection. It is
when there is an aesthetic pleasure to the eye that the image is sublime, not the vulgar desire of the model, and
especially when I do nudes. The female body has been a source of inspiration for all humanity through its heroic
exploits or transgressions: what novelty can we add to it? I am only a grain of sand in the dune. And I too am
subject to the laws of gravity. Beyond the nude photographs and stylized shots, I like landscapes es and
underwater photographs. I can contemplate a photographic masterpiece for hours, like children salivating with
admiration and envy. Many of my works are very far from the nude. I do not hide them, but fatally, they are not
part of the front of the stage. My work generates different points of view, especially from renowned
professionals. What I don;t hear there is that the question of my style arouses a lot of comments and criticisms.
This is their mission: to try to characterize me and define me as a subject of artistic approach in relation to
contemporary artistic currents. But I dont try to adapt and especially not to someone. I have no line of conduct.
I paint, I depict the woman. I show it, perhaps, in a provocative and unexpected way.
OLIVE GARDEN
Models: Lucy, Lee Soc
Ph: Andrew Lucas
Personal Master Class FACE2FACE
Photo meeting PROMISED LAND
Hadera, Israel - Oct 2012
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