tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75709746462529094152024-03-05T00:51:20.732-08:00Odd InterviewOdd Interviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204315262907703179noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570974646252909415.post-7075739468129370862013-08-31T07:13:00.000-07:002013-08-31T07:13:41.181-07:00“Creativity is a currency that’ll never depreciate”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the website of Moscow based photographer Nikolay Tikhomirov, and you are
attacked by three haunting words – <i>Art
Inside Me..</i></span><span style="color: #333333;">Later
in conversation with The Odd Magazine the young and exceptional artist speaks
on his osmotic relationship with art and his disturbing yet strangely relaxing
work – zero gravity, where women float oblivious to their surroundings which
are mundane, ordinary and in sharp contrast to their startlingly air borne
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<b><span style="color: #333333;">Why photography?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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wasn’t a conscious choice, rather an accident, and an evolution from a
technology engineer. What drives me is my diversity and openness and the sense
of beauty everywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333;">Any influences?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Music,
I think. The rhythm thrills me. It matches with the rhythm of the heart. It
runs through everything. Just like beauty. The unification is magnanimous.
Creativity that emanates from life is the only currency that’ll never
depreciate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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air..everything plants a picture in my brain..which is then given shape in
reality. Zero Gravity is a concept. It shows weightlessness, a freedom from
earthly burdens..a message to people that it is possible to take it easy and
float..that we really do not see all the opportunities in daily life and hence
give up. This is a challenge, to defy the gravity of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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