Ilona Pulkstene

[Lettonia]
È nata, vive e fotografa a Jurmala, città della Lettonia affacciata sul Golfo di Riga. I suoi scatti rivelano una grande esperienza oltre ad una decisa personalità. Non c’è genere fotografico che non l’abbia tentata, ha fotografato di tutto, a colori o in bianconero, in studio o all’aperto, sempre con freschezza ed entusiasmo.
Visitando il suo spazio virtuale però si nota una predilezione per un convincente bianco e nero, i suoi ritratti, i suoi nudi, hanno tutta la gamma dei grigi, tutti gli equilibri tra le luci e le ombre, insomma, i suoi ritratti o i suoi nudi sono immagini d’alta classe, sono foto che accarezzano lo sguardo, senza irritarlo mai con stranezze o invenzioni, anzi assecondano l’occhio in visioni piacevoli e coinvolgenti.

Awards:

• – 1 place – competition «People and Ventspils» (2010)
• – 2 place – competition «the Amber breeze 2010».
• – 3 place – competition «the Amber breeze 2009».
• – Prize of Ukrainian magazine Photographer – «the Amber breeze 2008».
• – Representation SONY prize in Baltic: a digital mirror camera (DSLR – 700); a zoom-lens (SAL-1680Z) – «the Amber breeze 2008».
• – Prize of Romualdasa Pozherskisa – the Author’s album «the File of mirages».
• – Alexander Tjagny-Rjadno’s prize – «Hot Armenia».

Exhibitions:

• – Riga, 2007 – the House of Moscow.
• – Riga, 2009 – a personal exhibition in the House of Moscow.
• – Riga, 2010 – personal exhibition Naked feelings.
• – Vilnius – on March, 28th April 2007-Vilniaus fotografijos galerija.
• – St.-Petersburg, 2007 – the Cultural center of Rakhmaninov (participation in an exhibition).
• – Prague, 2010 – Naked Feelings, cовместная an exhibition with Normundom Lajzancom.
• – St.-Petersburg, 2010 – participation in an exhibition «Feature of subjective realism», Commonwealth of pictorialists “Art faith”, gallery ZAVOD.
• – March 2012 – participation in a joint exhibition of Art Denominations “New Look” (Tushino, Russia)
• – March 2012 – participation in a joint exhibition “BIBLOSS in the gallery” Carousell ‘(Riga, Latvia)
• – February 2012 – participation in a joint exhibition of Art Denominations “Features of subjective realism” (Belgorod, Russia)
• – January 2012 – participation in a joint exhibition of Art Denominations (Trieste, Italy)
• – January 2012 – participation in a joint exhibition of Art Denominations (Moscow, Russia)
• – February 2012 – participation in a joint exhibition of Art Denominations “Features of subjective realism” (Belgorod)
• – Album of Russian photographer Vladimir Arhipov – «the Naked world 2006».
• – «The naked world 2006», «Maple biennial 2006».
• – Participation in joint photo-exhibitions in Latvia and Lithuania (2006-2010).

Publications in magazines:

• – «The hazardous player», BODY, LIFE, TANTRA YOGA, Photo room, Photoicona, Amber Breeze V, The magazine “Fashion Collection” “Fotoalmanah-2010”.

Judge Konkursov:

• – Photoduel “Apples”,
• – The second Republican Competition of the Photo «4383 days of the childhood»-2011.

Activity:

• – The curator of the Art project «Summer calendar».
• – Соорганизатор photofestival «ArtCamp 2010».
• – Cooperation with Nikolay Shelushenkova’s photo-school PORTRET.
• The author of idea of production filming with requisites «In the past» («the Amber breeze-2010»), together with Olga Shilenokoj.

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