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Publication - Pravda (Eastern Europe) + interview

Journal Entry: Wed May 14, 2008, 2:58 AM


Pravda is a monthly opinion leader magazine of cultural events, services,
venues, characters, criticism of phenomena and praises circulated free of
charge at over 400 outlets in Lithuania. It has a print run of 30,000.

Pravda is considered to be Number 1 magazine in the whole Baltic States
which best represents cultural situation for young socially active
hard-to-catch people. It the only and fairly new (started over 3 years now)
publication that has loyal followers.


Pravda online: [link]



Interview (extracts)

What city are living and working at the moment? Barcelona (Catalonia), Spain.

Where from did you get this slavic name – Vladimir? Actually, it’s my second Name. My first name is Mathieu. My parents were trotskyist militants and called me as a private joke like Lenin: Mathieu Vladimir Ilitch.

What is the best about East Europe? It’s a hard question. I guess something of a kind of romantic mood, the particular mix between being the heart of Old Europe and the marks of the Stalinist period... and of course, the breathless beauty of the Eastern Europe women.

Where do you get ideas for the photo shoots? I guess it’s a mix between improvisation, my feelings of the moment, my sensations toward the models... and a personal culture, mythology made of artistic, cinematographic, musical references, etc.

How many people usually work on your photosessions? In most of them, just the model and me. But for the editorial works, or the more sophisticated surreal photos, I can work with a lot more of people: make-up artists, stylists, etc.

Where do you find such models? Almost the totality of the models are complete strangers... volunteers who offer themselves through my different professional or personal spaces and portfolios in internet. Some are friends, friends of friends, co-eds, etc.

What are you up at the moment? I’m actually working in a couple of cinema projects... a few publications… the widening of my portfolio and knowledges… and the development of my personal website.

Whats your favourite background for photoshoot? I consider myself as a portrait photographer as I work always around the personality, the inner world, the own fantasies of my models... So it depends mostly on the spaces where the models are able to reveal something of their subjectivity, intimacy, identity... Some can project it on a studio wall or in their bathroom... As a personal preference, I guess I prefer to use the own house of the model as it's sometimes really revealing of themselves.

When are you at happiest? It may sound tacky… but I guess I'm at happiest when I see the people I love, I care about… happy. At a more personal and less-solemn level, I guess when I'm about to enter in a movie theatre to see the last movie of a beloved director or about to hear for the first time the new LP of a favourite band.

Tell us something no one knows about you. I have a strange masochist habit of wearing uncomfortable shoes… that make me pass through my own little private Passion with my feet.

How would you describe you personality? Restless. “I'll keep digging till I feel something” (Stinkfist, Tool)

Who makes you smile? Maybe Robert Downey Jr?

What makes you horny? The unquestionable and restless desire… in the desired person

What are you proud of? The confidence of my models... their giving in.

What are your political views? Revolutionary… kind of heterogeneous libertarian troskyist. Restless?

Are you happy with socialist party at government in Spain now? Not so much. Social-liberalism isn’t the kind of socialism I believe in. Nor like the one that has horribly suffocated Russia and Eastern Europe for sixty years.


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People of the sun...

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:iconmisselain::iconmute-noface::iconooodeliriumooo::iconsnailed::iconsweet-scarling::iconthreelibras::iconvalkirye:
  • Mood: Affection

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 29
  • Current Residence: Barcelona
  • Favourite movie: John Cassavettes's Shadows
  • Favourite band or musician: Tom Waits / Tool / Bach
  • Favourite artist: Edward Hopper / Egon Schiele / Rembrandt van Rijn / Hieronymus Bosch
  • Favourite poet or writer: Comte de Lautréamont / Bret Easton Ellis
  • Favourite photographer: Sebastião Salgado / Francesca Woodman
  • Favourite gaming platform: Your eyes are my punching-bag
  • Favourite cartoon character: Sandman / Edward "Fullmetal" Elric
  • Personal Quote: "sed quia tepidus es et nec frigidus nec calidus incipiam te evomere ex ore meo"
  • Tools of the Trade: Nikon D80 / Nikkor 50mm 1.8 / Nikkor 24mm 2.8 / Nikkor 18-135 3.5

Devious Comments

~Zekah:iconZekah: 3 hours 8 minutes ago
Me llama mucho la atencion tu estilo de luces y sombras.
Me gusta mucho el resultado de tus fotografias y el color que obtienes.
(:

Buenisima galeria

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~LadyDyme:iconLadyDyme: 17 hours 2 minutes ago
i cant get over the fact that ur gallery is soo amazing
~xStillexSchreienx:iconxStillexSchreienx: 1 day 1 hour ago
i can't get over your avatar! It's hilarious!!

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~Anaid89:iconAnaid89: 1 day 4 hours ago
amazing gallery :)
~meaningless-curl:iconmeaningless-curl: 1 day 5 hours ago
Una galeria bafulosa! Me encanta tu manera de ver las cosas

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~Obad:iconObad: 1 day 9 hours ago
I just love the moods in your shots. Really nice, smooth colours and lighting, really effective!
~Irene1990:iconIrene1990: 1 day 11 hours ago
Ohh I really love your photos!!
=Erriewon:iconErriewon: 1 day 19 hours ago
Breath-taking gallery :D

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~BananaFunk:iconBananaFunk: 1 day 20 hours ago
Your gallery is gorgeous!! Amazing photos.

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"What we don't understand we can make mean anything."
*1snapshot:icon1snapshot: 1 day 21 hours ago Mood: Wow!
Very nice work,
~Noomba:iconNoomba: 1 day 22 hours ago
Your work is amazing! I really like how you can make the most lovely pictures without manipulating them at all.
~sylverwolffe:iconsylverwolffe: 1 day 23 hours ago
Hello! Your most recent series (playing with light, exposure and movement) is just beautiful, definitely worth watching you for. I'm looking forward to seeing more of that sort of surreal beauty in here! :)

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My latest work: Blue-eyed Beauty
~banditkills:iconbanditkills: 1 day 23 hours ago
Your latest works are very well done, keep up the great work.
~rainbowgirl161:iconrainbowgirl161: 2 days 54 minutes ago
Absolutely stunning gallery!

And your avatar rocks!

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KakaSaku and SasuNaru are :heart:
*jensheron:iconjensheron: 2 days 1 hour ago
So many beautiful images in your gallery!

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Feral children have invaded the garden!
~niczyja10:iconniczyja10: 2 days 1 hour ago
I fall in love in your pictures...
no words... no comment...
D:D
*PoorLittleGirl:iconPoorLittleGirl: 2 days 4 hours ago
:clap: mis felicitaciones por el DD más ke merecido, aunque ya lo sepas :)

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~bimbi:iconbimbi: 2 days 6 hours ago
i am spellbound!!!

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"THE HABIT OF PERSISTENCE IS THE HABIT OF VICTORY"
~Bispro:iconBispro: 2 days 7 hours ago
Vlad, you've got an amazing gallery! I'll have to come again soon, so much to see... I'll be watching you, man!

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Steph from France
~Aliroll:iconAliroll: 2 days 7 hours ago Mood: Adoration
Очень понравилась танцовщица!

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~iris1:iconiris1: 2 days 8 hours ago
Wonderful work! Congratulations on DD!
*Matttowler:iconMatttowler: 2 days 9 hours ago
Powerful work. ¡Excelente!

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~ImShabtai:iconImShabtai: 2 days 11 hours ago
HELLO!
you were mentioned on my last journal!
come and see :P
here: [link]

have a nice day,
Peng.

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