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by Igor Vasiliadis (Author)
New Art album "Silver Magic" consisting of 220 pages of information and more than 100 Art nude, portrait and fashion photos by world known photographer Igor Vasiliadis. Foreword in English, German, French and Russian. There are eBook versions of the book for iPhone, iPad, Sony reader and Kindle published in respective on-line stores. The photo images are made using 19th century authentic wet plate collodion technology with 8x10" camera on blackened silver plates. Pure sculptural beauty of women frozen with long exposures arise to antic esthetics. Born in Greece and raised in Russia, photographer Igor Vasiliadis began his photo journey at the age of 6 in B/W film. With over 100 magazine covers and hundreds of fashion stories under his belt and clients such as Flair (Italy), Spoon (USA), L'Officiel, VOGUE, Marie Clair, Gala, Shape, Hello!, L'Optimum, Playboy Int, Cosmopolitan, Cosmo Shopping, Men's Health, Maxim, FHM, LVMH and numerous other world famous fashion and Beauty brands. Numerous exhibitions in Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, London and New York and Moscow among other places have presented different aspects of his art to the world. Igor Vasiliadis has been classified in Russia as the Top photographers by "Career" magazine. Vasiliadis' Russian exposure to Moscow, which is a gateway to fashion and top models worldwide has helped support his artistic ability to photograph some beautiful and unique subjects. Igor Vasiliadis evokes a provocative style, but still maintains an artistic quality to the images. You can really feel the vibrations of the moment through his images. In Vasiliadis' own words, "I love old techniques and equipment with long, up to one minute exposures, because it gives time to the soul of my models to come out from deep inside. All vibrations of the body, all temporary emotions and insignificant thoughts reflections are averaged and disappear...All the magic of the real beauty stays and reinforces. Dark tonality, artifacts of drying emulsion and all the mystics brought by silver and cyanides create the world of mystery, covered from our eyes in temporary and momentary world." The world that Vasiliadis has captured in his photographs are a true example of art...one that has been shared and communicated so deeply with the audience. Truly magical pieces and one-of-a-kind. Vasiliadis shoots directly on blackened silver 8×10 plates activated with cadmium solts contained in emulsion - a procedure that is similar to wet plates used in the mid-nineteenth century, and modified with a technique that is truly his own. Then, they are scanned for large format prints or contact prints on albumen paper. This process gives us the signature look of Igor Vasiliadis' pieces. Vasiliadis shares his thoughts on the images, "Sometimes you see real angel wings in the final image, sometimes you are shivering from seeing succubus... Poisonous vapors of substances used in the process of developing and emulsion ether, change your consciousness to the stage when you see things in a different way. The Future and the past are visible and are parts of the Same."
Author Biography
Born in Greece and raised in Russia, photographer Igor Vasiliadis began his photo journey at the age of 6 in B/W film. With over 100 magazine covers under his belt and clients such as Flair (Italy), Spoon (USA), L'Officiel, Gala, Shape, Hello!, L'Optimum, Playboy Int, Cosmopolitan, Cosmo Shopping, Men's Health, Maxim, FHM, Moulin Rouge. Numerous exhibitions in Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, London and New York and Moscow among other places have presented different aspects of his art to the world. Igor Vasiliadis has been classified in Russia among the Top photographers by "Career" magazine. Vasiliadis' exposure to Moscow, which is a gateway to fashion and top models worldwide has helped support his artistic ability to photograph some beautiful and unique subjects. Igor Vasiliadis evokes a provocative style, but still maintains an artistic quality to the images we've selected for his art album. You can really feel the vibrations of the moment through his images.
