Ekaterina Elizarova:
"Magical Realism" of street photography

July 15 at 13.00 in the Gallery of Classical Photography will be a creative meeting with the photographer, teacher, author of books, member of the Union of Photographers of Russia Ekaterina Elizarova.

During the event, Catherine will present to her guests a new author’s album entitled “In her city”, which includes about 120 photographs taken with a mobile phone over the past three years. “All the photos published here were taken in passing, in the process of usual moving around the city, as they say,“ for work ”and“ for business ”. This is a momentary response to what he saw, an attempt to capture a moment that was breathing emotions, light, guesses, questions, ”says Catherine.

As part of the creative meeting, the author will address the following issues:

• plots of street photography,
• psychological aspect: how to overcome the "clamps" and not feel embarrassed in front of strangers,
• relevance of b / w and color,
• street photography equipment,
• what is the "decisive moment" and what is its role in street photography,
• documentary and abstract street photography,
• the role of the author’s imagination in street photography.

In addition, Catherine will present to the audience her book “It’s all about focus”, as well as the best street photographs taken over the past few years.