Robbi

Photographer: Robbi
Reviewed by Devon Buchanon (Entrepreneur from London)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karello/sets/72157626777808427/

I found this project incredibly endearing and inspirational. Browsing through the photographs I became acutely aware of the children's perspective of life in this city. I suspect that the camera enabled them not only to explore and express their inner artistic talents but it also felt as if they were being given a moment to be very still and silent.

The sheer process of using the camera almost seemed to create a feeling of childhood meditation, contemplation, tranquillity and reflection. It was astonishing to see that most of them were drawn towards observations about the qualities of light and darkness, nature and the city or just simply a simple message scrawled upon a wall proclaiming "I love you".All of the photos were a joy to look at and Robbie's photograph number 20 of a beautiful blue sky was a great reminder to look up, to dream and see dragons and angels in the clouds sky as we all did in our childhood.

Matias

Photographer: Matias
Reviewed by Marju Vaher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karello/sets/72157626778021421/

Matiast paelub linnakeskkond. Fotode ühiseks tunnuseks on liikumine, minemine, tulemine, ootamine, lootmine, pidev valmisolek. Teisalt võib enesele esitada küsimuse: "Kas ka jõudmine?"Tuleb uskuda, et kusagil on peidus miski, mida me alati ei taju, ent mis sisendab lootust, et igaüks jõuab kord selleni, mida otsib. Olgugi selleks erinevad ja mõistetamatud teed.

Oskar

Photographer: Oskar
Reviewed by Marju Vaher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karello/sets/72157626778016387/

Oskari fotode ühendavateks tunnusteks on mäng kujunditega ning mäng geomeetriliste objektidega.

Autor jälgib ning dokumenteerib sündmuspaiku, osutades oma fotodega hetkedele, kus iga pilt märgib sümboolselt tema isiklikku lugu. Ülesvõetud kaadrid teeb salapäraseks asjaolu, et lisaks silmaga nähtavale on igal kujutatud objektil (ja subjektil) oma seos autoriga, mida ilmselgelt teab Oskar, kuid mida vaataja võib vaid ette kujutada, arvata, väita, oletada jne. Oluliseks muutub visuaalsete kujundite lugemine, mis teeb vaataja rolli nauditavaks.Oskari kõige silmapaistvamaks fotoks on geomeetriliste kujundite kompositsioon, mille tuumaks on laelambid ning nendevaheline peegeldus. Tuntav on kubistliku vormi konstruktiivsus, mida toetavad minimalistlik lahendus, kujundite ja peegelduste omavaheline rütm ning nende tonaalsus. Kogu kompositsiooni teeb eriliseks tühjade pindade julge kasutamine.Oskari fotod on südamlikud ning neis on palju ainest edasiminekuks.

Annette

Photographer: Annette
Reviewed by Robert Randma
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karello/sets/72157626902650214/with/5806176718/

From distance

It’s a world of perspectives, a world of angles. Before you approach a person or an object, there’s always a point of choice as there is one when giving values to things you see. Colours, shapes, contrasts, the environment it’s in, the space that surrounds it, the solidity of a single object in a vastly saturated world.
Approaching

It’s a world of textures, a world of colours and secrets. Once you approach a person or an object, you develop a dialogue during which you choose what to see and what not. Choice of attention, choice of how you perceive the world. Is it details you see? Tiny splinters and lines in small blossoms that all generate patterns on their own?
Eye to eye

It’s a world of stories, a world of identities. Once you get very close to a person or an object, you’re no longer observing it. There’s no division of roles anymore – you will start to feel its vibrations, its life. Touch. Touch of minds, of beats, of frequencies, a meltdown into one.
Leaving

It’s a world of memories, a world of stories untold – a curtain behind a curtain. There’s always something you don’t see or cannot feel, an emotion unexpressed or a frequency you weren’t adjusted to. You will then choose to either seed this moment in yourself or bypass it.
Archiving

It’s a world of change, a world of sharing and of listening. It’s a choice of how your moment will settle. Will it settle? Would you have liked something to be different? What is it you learned? Do you want to change the object or yourself? What kind of a person are you – one that wants to change the world or perhaps yourself?