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1 hour ago, Шпага said:

Заслужава си да отделите поне няколко минути за тях:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrGpJMWH8sM 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKqfQBvbDF4

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Sowing the Seeds of Love

This image takes us to the most romantic city in the world, Paris. The beautiful skyline was taken from the top of the Notre Dame, where you can see the most famous landmark, “The Eiffel Tower,” in the city. Every year people travel to Paris with hopes of either falling in love, recapturing love or just simply being with the one you love. There is a sense of magic about Paris that brings romance and fantasies to our mind. This image plays out those fantasies. The costumed men, who I shot during the Carnival in Venice, are like marionettes coming down from the sky spreading the “magic seeds of love.” It is about bringing love into one’s life, with someone else or just within yourself, loving who you are.

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Absolute Faith

This piece is about taking chances in life and believing in your self. If you don't take that leap, you will never know what lies ahead of you. It's about moving ahead and believing that you can conquer anything. The diver is leaping off the building, believing that she is good enough, and knowing that she will land on her feet. That is absolute faith.

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Oh Sheet!

Quick decisions can be dangerous. While skiing off trail in Verbier, Switzerland, I saw an edge I thought would be fun to jump over. My friends called my name because they wanted to head in the opposite direction for lunch. Knowing I would lose them, I braked and looked over the edge to see what I missed. To my surprise, I noticed there was a steep cliff with a chalet at the bottom. My friends saved my life that day.

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Tourist Trap

The tree is a Morton Bay fig tree, which I shot in Beverly Hills. I then went on to place it in San Francisco. You can see the famous Ghirardelli sign and the trolleys that are so characteristic of the city. The tree could be mistaken for a giant octopus. The roots of the tree look like tentacles and the cars could be gobbled up. There is no light at the end of the tunnel, so you don't know if they will ever get out.

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About

THE ARTIST - THOMAS BARBÈY

Thomas Barbèy grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, across the street from the "Caran D'ache" factory, the largest manufacturer of art supplies. He started drawing seriously at the age of 13, using black "encre de Chine" and gouaches for color. His influences were Philippe Druillet, Roger Dean and H.R. Giger. After living in Geneva for 17 years and designing posters for musical bands, he decided to move to Italy, where he lived in Milan for 15 years making a living as a successful recording artist, lyricist and fashion photographer.

Today, he resides in Las Vegas and travels the world, taking his camera wherever he goes.

Thomas has been a photographer for over twenty years now and prefers to use his old Canon AE1s when he shoots in 35mm or his RB67 when he shoots in medium format. More recently, he has been doing Black and White Photomontages for the sole purpose of doing Fine Art, without working for a specific client.

He has combined several images taken over a period of twenty years to create surreal situations with the help of the enlarger in a dark room. His work has a specific style and is very characteristic. He only works with Black and White, including Sepia toning at times.

Every single one of his images has to pass what he likes to call the "So what?" test. If a combination of two or more negatives put together doesn't touch him or have any particular meaning, he starts over. At times, he tries to combine images and sometimes the results can be disappointing. A giant clock in the middle of the ocean can be an unusual image, but if he looks at it and says to himself, "So what?", this means it isn't good enough." If, instead, an ocean liner is going down a "funnel-type" hole and he titles it "Shortcut to China", it takes on a whole new meaning. The picture takes you into an imaginary world where you can see the captain telling the passengers to fasten their safety belts and get prepared for the descent, and so on.

At times Thomas comes up with ideas beforehand, try to materialize them and it works. At other times, it comes as an accident, where the ideas come afterwards, when the image is already finished and the concept has yet to be understood. Thomas claims he is learning constantly through the process of creation.

Thomas travels 2-3 times a year to take photographs of different things and places. Sometimes he uses an image several years later, but only when it fits, like the perfect piece in a puzzle, and completes his latest project. Some images are composed of negatives that are separated by a decade in the actual time that he has taken them and only come to life when they found their perfect match. It's the combination of two or more negatives that give birth to a completely unusual vision, but most of all, the title he gives the final image is the glue and the substance of the piece.

Thomas exhibits in galleries throughout the world and is included in many private collections.

MUSEUMS

Madden Museum, Denver CO - Permanent Collection

New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT - Permanent Collection

American Museum in Britain, Bath, UK

Cape Cod Museum of Art, Cape Cod, MA

COLLECTORS

Author David Baldacci

Actor James Spader

Trump Family

Christopher Hyland, President, Christopher Hyland, Inc

Rob Goldstein, President, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas

Actress Rebecca DeMornay

Barbara Lazaroff, Designer, Puck/Lazaroff Restaurants

Larry Flax, Founder, California Pizza Kitchen

Greg Upchurch, Band - 3 Doors Down

Carlos Santana

Wayne Newton

Mick Fleetwood

Doug Davis, Pitcher, Arizona Diamondbacks

Steven Guggenheimer, Microsoft

Joe Jonas

Kevin Jonas

Richard Pink, Pink's Famous Hot Dogs

Ricky Martin

Gina Gallo - Gallo Winery

Josh Radnor - actor

CORPORATE

Lucky Strike Bowling Lounges: Seattle, NYC, Los Angeles, Houston

Hob Nob Restaurant, San Diego, CA

LWC West, LLC, Aspen, CO

Simply Sun Tanning Salons

Dr. Dennis Saffro, Beverly Hills, CA - Reception

TELEVISION

Real Housewives of Atlanta - Bravo Network

Sons of Tucson - Fox Network

Married to Jonas - E! Network

Real Husbands of Hollywood - BET

STORES

Galeries Thomas Barbèy

844 Front St

Lahaina Maui, HI 96761

www.galeriesthomasbarbey.com

PUBLISHING

Editions Limited Publishing

Ronnie Sellers Publishing

Schmidt Spiele Publishing

Estrella Cuadernos

MAGAZINES

Inked/Focus Magazine - Cover and spread

Art and Culture Magazine - Cover and spread

RangeFinder Magazine - Interview and spread

25A Magazine - Article

Art & Business News - Article

Brigitte Magazine - Article and spread

La Repubblica - Spread

 

 

 
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