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 personal data | | Artist | Vaggelis Fragiadakis | | Connection | Offline | | Gender | Male | | Status | Amateur photographer | | City | Berkeley | | Country | United-States | | Alternate site | http://vaggelisf.deviantart.com/ | | Information | I am an eclectic photographer, responding to the beauty, the humor and the tragedy I see in the world around me. Among the variety of subjects I have shot, over the years I have found myself repeatedly drawn to create images of “street people”. These people are not just a group or mass or statistic, but are individuals like the rest of us, each wearing his own life on his face.
Though occasionally I will take an anonymous shot from a distance, I prefer to approach a person, learn a little about him, and with his permission take a series of shots hoping to capture some aspect of his reality in one of the portraits. I like to get close, to a person whom many other avoid. The black and white versions reveal the critical essence through their emphasis on shadows, light and contrast. For me the faces are both beautiful with their humanity, and frightening with their hopelessness. I want to share them with the world, both as my art, and as a visceral reminder-- we are all but one bit of bad luck away from this state. |
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latest creations localization belongs to the following projects| 100%Photos | De la photographie, et, très peu d' effets | by +Nicolas Marguerie | Male | 1 image | | 100%Préférences | Vos préférences au niveau de vos créations | by +Nicolas Marguerie | 517 persons | 12 images | | All things bright and yellow | Yellow is a beautiful color that adds life | by +Jonathan Lekwot | 104 persons | 1 image | | Art and religions | Pictures about places, people, mood or religious details | by +Carine Serodes | 101 persons | 3 images | | Bridges | The Art of Bridges! | by +Mike Mcglothlen | 129 persons | 11 images | | Colors | The world colors / Le monde en couleurs | by +Xavier Rey | 626 persons | 2 images | | Conceptual pictures or images | Conceptual pictures or images telling stories or delivering messages | by +Eline M | Male | 1 image | | Concerts et spectacles | Portraits et photo d'artistes | by +Krawa | 116 persons | 1 image | | Fishing | Man and the Sea | by +Paul Laurent Hughes | 56 persons | 3 images | | La rue, les gens, street photo | Photographies de rue, street photographies | by +Stéphane Tihy | 249 persons | 6 images | | Me & my shadow | Your shadow, as photographer, is in the shot | by +Mike Mcglothlen | 46 persons | 1 image | | Oceans, coasts and seascapes | Photography and art depicting our oceans, coasts and seas | by +Paul Campbell | 149 persons | 1 image | | Perfect reflect*reflet parfait | Picture with all kind of reflect..Tous les reflets | by +Ivan Kloboukoff | Male | 1 image | | Poets with a Camera | Phothographers who add ART in photography | by +Loredana Guinicelli | 156 persons | 4 images | | Pontons | Wood pontoons, stone piers | by +Laurent Dudot | 44 persons | 1 image | | Shadows | Les Ombres graphiques d'humains ou de nature | by +Ivan Kloboukoff | Male | 2 images | | Wings | Photo poetry // birds and skies images | by +Juriy Ronzhin | 161 persons | 21 images |
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