My name is Laina Briedis. I've lived on Long Island all my life, and for as long as I can remember I have been captivated with the concept, practice, and art of photography. I suppose you could say that I very often try to live vicariously though my pictures, each still frame is a dream I had once, an attempt to capture or at least encompass some aspect of infinity. I create photographs because I've come to the conclusion that all the best kinds of happiness depend upon it as far as my existence goes. I want to remember everything the way it was meant to be seen, and catalog not only an experience or adventure but the feelings associated with it and the dream-like state our memories record in. I strive to make each one of my photographs not only provoke a memory within myself, but an emotion — something that can bound across the endless invisible clotheslines of infinity, creating a connection with someone else who's able to reach out and grab it. I'm pretty sure the universe exists because of things like that, and I crave so desperately to create such moments: instants of existential clarity. As for preference and style, I find myself very moved by and inspired to create photographs that are deeply colorful or demonstrate a boldness of color in som
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Egor Shapovalov Born in 1988 in Taganrog. Now he lives and studies in Rostov-on-Don. "My Saturday" the author's photofilm opend "In Motion" the First Multimedia Project in Russia arranged by FotoDepartament, St. Petersburg, 2008. Co-author of the draft of "Nils" foto album book. International Exhibition of Artists, "REMAKE" projext, gallery "m", Rostov-on-Don, 2009.
Photography is my therapy. I like finding things. Currently attending Ryerson University for photography.
Cold and sensative photography comes from Russia.
