![Alexey Titarenko’s series, “City of Shadows” is breathe taking. According to the artist: “The idea of The City of Shadows emerged quite unexpectedly and quite naturally during the collapse [of the Soviet Union] in the fall of 1991..” but I think that anyone looking at the photographs today can divine a modern, urban meaning from them. Each photograph speaks to anonymity in the city; a tide of people. Here is exemplified a mastery of technique married to nuanced meaning in one of the best possible configurations of “showing-not-telling” that can be achieved within art.
I can’t rightly recall where I saw/heard about these photographs originally, but they have been on the peripheral of my knowledge for quite some time. My own attempted imitation (in color) can be found on my flickr.](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luzg67ASPf1qz7hbqo1_500.jpg)
Alexey Titarenko’s series, “City of Shadows” is breathe taking. According to the artist: “The idea of The City of Shadows emerged quite unexpectedly and quite naturally during the collapse [of the Soviet Union] in the fall of 1991..” but I think that anyone looking at the photographs today can divine a modern, urban meaning from them. Each photograph speaks to anonymity in the city; a tide of people. Here is exemplified a mastery of technique married to nuanced meaning in one of the best possible configurations of “showing-not-telling” that can be achieved within art.
I can’t rightly recall where I saw/heard about these photographs originally, but they have been on the peripheral of my knowledge for quite some time. My own attempted imitation (in color) can be found on my flickr.
