Dina Bova

I was born in Moscow at 1977 and came to Israel with my parents when I was 13 years old. Since then, Israel is my home, which I love and respect.
I love this young country because of it's diversity, resourcefulness and innovation, temperamental people, beautiful nature, ancient history and art.

I am an artist and I believe in friendship through art. I believe that art is a universal language, which unites people from different cultures around the world.
For me, art is the shortest way from heart to heart...

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Lesznek Bujnowki

My name is Leszek Bujnowski.I was born in 1977 in Poland. My biggest passion is photography.Often uses the technique of digital manipulation. I'm fascinated by the possibility of interference in the world around us and making it. Photography accounted for most of my time is a great passion but also a great adventure that leads to the mysterious world.

http://www.facebook.com/leszekbujnowski


alshain@wp.pl

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Catherine Nelson

Visual effects artist Catherine Nelson, who has worked on films like Moulin Rouge and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, creates her personal work in the medium of digital photography, compositing hundreds of photographs into miniature floating worlds.

There are several series in the “Artwork” section of her website, as well as earlier works that include imaginary landscapes.

 http://catherinenelson.net

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Laurent Chehere

The animated feature film Up may have introduced the masses to the image of a house being whisked away into the sky, but France-based photographer Laurent Chehere expands on the visual with a variety of residential structures surreally captured in mid-air.

The aptly titled series Flying Houses takes suburban homes and urban apartment buildings out of their defining neighborhood backdrops and places them floating amidst the clouds.

The collection of photo manipulations really showcases the visual effectiveness of building design sans a disruptive environment. The levitating edifices each represent a different lifestyle dreamily gliding high above the surface. The series is said to be a metaphor for travel. While some journey into another land in the lap of luxury, others have to deal with the confines of flying coach. Sometimes being in such close quarters with a crying baby and a person with uncontrollable fits of coughing can feel like you’re trapped in a burning building.

http://www.laurentchehere.com

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Storm Thorgerson

Storm Thorgerson was born in Potters Bar, which was in Middlesex at the time and is now in Hertfordshire. He was a key member of the British graphic art group Hipgnosis, and designed many of their most famous single and album covers. Of late, he runs a design studio called StormStudios - a loose group of freelancers. The current line up includes - Rupert Truman (Photographer), Peter Curzon (Designer), Finlay Cowan (Designer and Illustrator), Daniel Abbott (Designer and Artist), Lee Baker (Designer, Retoucher and Artist), Jerry Sweet (Designer) along with Storm's Personal Assistant, Laura Truman (Prints) and Charlie Barnes. Perhaps Thorgerson's most famous designs are those for Pink Floyd.[1] His design for The Dark Side of the Moon has been called one of the greatest album covers of all time. (Designed by Thorgerson, the cover itself was drawn by Hipgnosis designer George Hardie.)[2] Many of his designs are notable for their surreal elements. He often places objects out of their traditional contexts, especially with vast spaces around them, to give them an awkward appearance while highlighting their beauty. To quote Thorgerson, "I like photography because it is a reality medium, unlike drawing which is unreal. I like to mess with reality...to bend reality. Some of my works beg the question of is it real or not?"[3] Several books have been devoted to surveying Thorgerson's work which spans more than four decades.

 http://www.stormthorgerson.com/

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Olga Shiropaeva

http://www.shiropaeva.com

I was born in Moscow. I have a passion for photography for
many years. In 2003 I graduated from Academy of Classical Photos in Moscow. I am a member of Creative Union of Proffessional Artists (Russia), Moscow Artistic Union "Metropolis", Corporation "Photopodium" (USA), Association "Art of Insperation" (USA). I take part every year about 20 international and
russian photo exhibitions. In 2009 I had personal photo exhibition in New York (USA).
Now I live in Czech Republic in Karlovy Vary.
I like different genres, but especially street photography. Olga Shiropaeva
By profession a programmer.
Position: senior manager of LLC "CAP Moselektro"
Member of the Creative Union of Professional Artists (TSPH)
A member of the League of art and culture,
Member of International Club «ART of Inspiration» (USA), a member of the Corporation Photographers «PhotoPodium» (USA)
Exhibitions:
Volgograd 21.09.2008g.-21.10.2008g.
Vorkuta-24.11.2008g. 24.12.2008g.
Washington DC (USA) 13.12.2008g.-31.12.2008.
Moscow (Central House of Arts) 11.02.2009g.-21.02.2009g.
New York City (USA)-19.04.2009g. 17.05.2009g.-Personal.
g.Moskva.Mosk.muzey of Modern Art, Tver, July 9-August 2009.
St. Petersburg, Gallery Center. Books and Graphics, Foundry-55, July-August 2009.
St. Petersburg, "Ay-Bee Group" Tolstoy-7, August 2009.
Kolomna, 18.11.2009g.-31.11.2009g.
g.Kopengagen, Denmark, 18.11.2009g.-24.11.2009g.
Washington DC, USA 05.12.2009g.-22.12.2009.
Moscow (NATI) 10.04.2010g.-10.05.2010g.
Severomorsk, 22.05.2010g.-03.06.2010g.
New York, USA, 26.06.2010g.-26.07.2010g.
St. Petersburg, Foundry-55, Centre Gallery Books and Charts, 14.09.2010g.-28.09.2010g.
Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Sverdlov, 10,
02.12.2010g.-24.01.2011g.
Moscow, HHS 'belief in Russia, "24.01.2011g.-27.01.2011g.
Irkutsk, Exhibition Hall of the House of Cinema, 18.04.2011g.-02.05.2011g.
Moscow, Central House of Arts, 17.04.2011g.-05.05.2011g.
Moscow, Jewelry House "Aesthete" "Faith in Russia" 22.04.2011g.
Moscow, Russian Academy of Arts "Wednesday obitaniya.Chelovek and Architecture"
22.06.2011g.24.07.2011g.
Moscow, Exhibition "Hammer and Sickle", Moscow League of art and culture "Metropolis", Museum and Exhibition Center "Worker and Collective Farm Girl" 16.11.2011g.-26.11.2011g.
Moscow, Russian annual open the project "Best of Russia"
Exhibition of works by winners of the SRC "Winery"
10.02.12g.-11.03.2012g.
victory in the "People."
Moscow, HHS 'belief in Russia "
24.01.2012g. - 24.02.2012g.
1st place in category "Professionals"
Tel-Aviv, Israel.
GEO "Isrageo" International Competition "My discovery of Israel"
3rd place.
Dzerzhinsk, the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) 3rd International Photo Contest "COAST"
3rd place (Bronze FIAP)

 http://www.shiropaeva.com

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Lee Jeffries

Lee Jeffries lives in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Close to the professional football circle, this artist starts to photograph sporting events. A chance meeting with a young homeless girl in the streets of London changes his artistic approach forever. Lee Jeffries recalls that, initially, he had stolen a photo from this young homeless girl huddled in a sleeping bag. The photographer knew that the young girl had noticed him but his first reaction was to leave. He says that something made him stay and go and discuss with the homeless girl. His perception about the homeless completely changes. They become the subject of his art. The models in his photographs are homeless people that he has met in Europe and in the United States: «Situations arose, and I made an effort to learn to get to know each of the subjects before asking their permission to do their portrait.» From then onwards, his photographs portray his convictions and his compassion to the world.

http://500px.com/LeeJeffries

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