ALTculture 12/2020 - Fotografia ca o sărbătoare a sufletului De Constantin Lazar Ca un om care-și iubește orașul natal, și Oradea este acel loc care cere să fie iubit fără limite, urmăresc postările de pe grupurile comunității din care nu mai fac parte, dar o simt atât de aproape. Așa am ajuns să revăd într-una dintre fotografiile lui Constantin Lazar un colț de natură drag mie de mult prea mulți ani. Dar, să vezi mare minune! Acel colț din natură era mult schimbat, feeric acum, banal, atunci. Este un dat de Sus să poți surprinde ceea ce alți oameni nu văd, nu înțeleg, pur și simplu trec mai departe fără a fi atinși de frumusețea Naturii, a ceea ce ne dă viață, la urma urmei. L-am rugat pe Constantin Lazar să ne spună două-trei cuvinte despre arta lui. Poate că n-a reușit în scris… Dar fotografiile, ei, aici e altă magie… Eugen Matzota
ALTculture 9/2018: FOR THE LOVE OF BUTTERFLIES
ALTculture 9/2018: FOR THE LOVE OF BUTTERFLIES IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA
By Richard Roche
Twenty years ago a young man in southern Georgia in the USA chased a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly through a field of flowers until he captured it in his butterfly net. After softly crushing the butterfly’s thorax with his forefinger and thumb, he gently placed it in a killing jar containing ethyl acetate.
He closed the jar’s lid and took it home where he eventully secured the butterfly’s lifeless body with its outspread wings on a mounting card to show his friends his love of butterflies.
Today the same butterfly collector captures beautiful images of butterflies with a digital camera and permits them to fly away to live another day. Fortunately the collector also has created a butterfly flower garden at his home which brings butterflies to him so that it is no longer necessary for him to take routine trips to the fields to see butterflies.
ALTculture 1/2018: The Street Photographer’s Guide
James Fitzpatrick is a photographer based in Dublin Ireland. He comes from a Photographic family, but he treats photography more as a passion and hobby rather than employment. He does however like to take socially relevant photographs of things happening where he lives. He is a Street and fashion photographer and uses either a 35MM or 50mm prime lens. Generally he uses a Nikon 4/3 for the street or a Panasonic G5 due to the durability and size.