Chitchat: Dragos Carbuneanu
Your Full Name
Dragos Carbuneanu
Tell us about you.
I try to create images that reflect a different and distorted side of reality using the lyrical side of photography. I started taking pictures when I was 17 or 18 years old on my father’s old Smena Symbol and later I managed to buy two Minolta SLR cameras and since then I became addicted to this artistic domain. Even though I love creating visual stories in which reality is distorted, I sometimes fell in an inspiration gap and tend to have long periods in which I can’t create anything worthy.
However, in my opinion real art should transcend the limits of pure reality and reason, because real art is designed and created for the spiritual side of human beings. Nevertheless I took part in one photography class in Bucharest, Romania, because I always thought that if you want to break on through and leave the limits behind you first need to know them.
In your opinion, what would be the secret ingredients to become a great photographer?
It is hard to define a great photographer, because this type of art has so many subgenres. In my opinion, a real art photographer is the one capable of transforming reality in an image that should reflect something indescribable, yet touching.
Where are you located?
Buzau, my hometown and Bucharest, Romania
What is the most fascinating part of being a photographer?
Modifying reality through images
Where do you get inspirations from?
Hard to tell. Dark music, poetry, nature (where the human bastard doesn’t have such a big influence), history, philosophy, William Blake, Jim Morrison and others.
Do you promote/ sell/ showcase your work? If so, how?
I rarely promote my works, but I took part in some national galleries and in one international photography contest. However, I use the internet to show people what I create, but not in an excessive way.
If you have a long range goals in your life. What is it?
Hard to tell.
What types of assignment/ project are you attracted the most? Why so?
Photographing the souls of people, because in many situations the soul reflects something totally opposite to what the body shows us. However, this is mostly impossible.
Who is a photographer that you look up to? Why so?
I like the works of Nadar, Ansel Adams and Cartier-Bresson, of course, but I find amazing the images of Joel-Peter Witkin, because they have their roots in mythology, dark states of mind and because they transcend reality in a violent way. I also like David Nitsche and Hermin Abramovitch because I am a fan of conceptual photography. I also admire a great romanian photographer called Sorin Onisor.
Describe a difficult work/ project situation and how would you overcome it?
Hard to choose.
What do you think about the Internet and how it is affecting our lifestyle?
The Internet is usefull and can offer you the oportunity to seek and find information in domains you never dreamt before, but if you became addicted, it can ruin your life. I hate those junky social sites such as facebook, hi5, twitter and others.
If you could turn back time, how would you do things differently?
I would not turn back time.
How do you keep your work fresh? Do you need to consciously adapt your style or does it progress naturally?
My work changes and evolves with me in an organic balance.
Name 3 of your favorite (art) books/ magazines.
William Blake – Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
Photomagazine (Romania)
Foto-video (Romania)
What is your life motto?
Eadem mutata resurgo.
In what kind of a work environment do you do your best work?
I’m still a student and I don’t work yet.
What do you like the sound of? Why so?
Wind, water, fire, and the silence of the earth. The four elements
If you have online portfolio, what is the URL?
http://arsphotographica.daportfolio.com/
http://arsphotographica.deviantart.com/
http://www.arsphotographica.blogspot.com/
http://badorgood.com/membri/Dragos%20Carbuneanu
http://1x.com/v2/#member/37469/dragos-carbuneanu/
http://aafr.ro/membrii-204.htm
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