To write this post, I am inspired because last time I saw, once again in my life, one of the old interviews with Zdzislaw Beksinski. He told something interesting about emotions.
A famous Polish painter, about whom I have already written some posts, said that he does not see any reasons why he would not transfer his emotions to his paintings. Of course, we can see a lot of feelings in his artworks. The same thing is with my artistic activity.
Showing emotions in my photographs is my main aim.
If there are no people on my pictures or appear there rarely, does it mean that there are no emotions in my artworks? Of course not. The fact is that even if artworks are lack people (Zdzislaw Beksinski’s paintings are the best proof), they still can show us emotions. A similar thing is with my photographs. I want my images to be not only beautifully composed. Also, I want them to reflect a sophisticated ability to translate an emotional and profoundly visceral experience into visual/photographic languages.
I want to allow myself to imagine my artwork as a constant reflection of my emotional landscape. Whether this landscape is informed by trauma, joy, conflict, doubts, or happiness does not matter.
I want my emotions to be the core of what I believe makes for great work. Of course, one of the most significant examples of how I transformed all my feelings into pictures is my graduation work, named “Farewell.”
As for today, this artwork is one of the most robust sets of pictures I have ever done. Does it mean that I will not create another substantial collection of photographs in the future? I hope that I will produce in the future the even the strongest. “Negation of the End” could be the one. It is only up to us about how we can transfer our emotions to the photographs. I try to do it, and I hope that I will inspire other people to do it. In the same way, Zdzislaw Beksinski inspired me.
