AFRIKA
roundtrip of stolen images seen from Marko Tardito
by Marko Tardito
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About the Book
In Africa you cannot take photos of people. They don’t like being portrayed, since they believe that by being captured in photographs their soul will be stolen. I used an Olympus Pen half-frame and never framed the picture, I just simply shot what impressed me.
The concept of half-frame is interesting. The combination of the images created on film sometimes generates surprising compositions, that we had not always thought about. Furthermore, the composition made in an approximate, not studied and some- times inaccurate and “random” way, reflects the spontaneity that must never be lost when we look at things for the first time.
That experience was full of intense emotions, and made me think on how rhythm and priorities are very different from those which we are accustomed today. This was one of my projects left in the drawer, that I wanted to work on, because you should never leave things unfinished behind you.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art Photography
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 40 - Publish Date: Oct 19, 2009
- Keywords olympus pen, africa, travel
About the Creator
Marco Tardito’s photography, which is both personal and commercial is both subtle and poetic. It is a kind of poetry that expresses the soul like a whisper that conveys subtle emotions with touching melancholy. Poetry that is an intimate story that pervades fashion and travel photography. Granular and pictorial fashion photography, that is delicate and contrasts with the harsh and aggressive image of women portrayed as a fascinating unreachable femme fatal. Delicate human photography, where beauty is everything. Travel photography that does not limit itself simply to reproducing landscapes and exotic beauty spots, but also shows the importance of travel as if it were something material. The beauty that we have inside comes from the world that is around us.