Boris Mick Halloff, born in 1938, used to be a technical engineer. Started taking pictures at the age of 28. He was fired from the factory after the KGB discovered the nude photos he took of his wife. Since then, he has become a full-time photographer.

Boris Mick Halloff is undoubtedly the most outstanding photographer in the former Soviet Union. During his 30-year photography career, he shot a lot of classic photography works, while constantly developing himself, instead of staying in the position of an orthodox artist. 1998, he held an exhibition called "Case History", showing photos reflecting daily life. The album of the same name was released on 1999.

Boris Mick Halloff filmed a wide range, and one topic was completely different from another in form. It is difficult to define his photography style and aesthetics. But he always thinks that the function of photography is communication, and he thinks that the media must help the audience know more about the relationship between individuals and society.

Boris Mick Halloff's works are often unexpected and eclectic. Many of his early works, including private series (late 1960s), red series (1968- 1975) and Luriki (197 1- 1985), were published in. The works in "Private Series" are similar to an album Introduction to Boris Mick Halloff. All the photos show people in their rooms. Female exercise; Dancing and parties. In "Red" series, Boris Mick Halloff takes snapshots of daily life and describes the public's concern about the red things that are inevitable in life. Luriki series contains all the photos taken by Boris Mick Halloff as a "commercial" photographer in 1970s, during which his job was to retouch and color the old photos.

1984, Boris Mick Halloff started a very important job-he posted a small black-and-white photo reflecting what happened every day in Coventry on the back of his uncle's unfinished academic notes, and later added various handwritten explanatory texts to the photo. It was not until 1998 that this work ended with the publication of an exquisite art book, Unfinished Papers. 1986, Boris Mick Halloff filmed a series of movies called "Salt Lake", which depicts people swimming in a salt lake, which may be sewage or fresh water. The lake is surrounded by huge waste water pipes.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union caused great changes, even for photographers and artists. Boris Mick Halloff's series Twilight (199 1) and Land (1993) describe the street life in Ukraine. The Land series uses blue tones, and Boris Mick Halloff describes the struggle for survival.

In the series "I am not me" filmed by 1992, Boris Mick Halloff is naked, and his body is decorated with all kinds of things representing male characteristics, such as swords, which reminds people of salon art in19th century. Facing today's complicated social reality, Boris Mick Halloff seems to be asking himself and his colleagues: "Why do we make images and for whom?

Ansel Adams

1932, Adams took a portrait of the star actress Caroline Anspach in San Francisco. After the photo was taken, people called it an "outstanding stone portrait", and some even thought it was a photo of a sculpture head. Adams was glad to hear these words. When recalling the shooting process of this photo afterwards, he said: "I firmly believe that this is the photo that impressed the photographer the most. When a person's face can show his identity and personality, photos can show the basic characteristics of the subject in static state. This can usually be achieved by exposure for one second or more. If you use a flash, you should be good at grasping the expression you expect, instead of letting the subject pose for a long time. I still insist that the usual "snapshot" photo is only an instantaneous image of the subject, a fragment that is often only related to what the camera shutter motion captures. A painter can combine many impressions, observed images and reactions to create an expressive image.

Portrait photographers can only describe the characteristics of characters in this process by grasping the passage of time. An image that reflects an instant expression may occasionally show a variety of personalities, but it is only a perfect portrait. "

Adams also said: "Conception is one of the most important factors in photographic creation. Once the expression of the subject is found, this expression-the instantaneous pause of facial muscle activity-may pass, avoiding the moment when the shutter opens quickly.

Knowing the subject's personality can make some of us foresee the moment of expression, not just recognize it in the process of expression change. Of course, to do this requires a lot of practical experience. "

Donald Webber

Since 2005, Donald Weber has recorded the daily life in post-Soviet countries, and he has seen the interdependence between criminals and police in these countries-a kind of "secret cooperation between master and victim". He shot at the real-life stalkers who robbed the Chernobyl exclusion zone and members of the Russian neo-underworld, but his latest book Interrogation is "A country meditating on it, and private people are under a spell".

Recording prostitutes, thugs, dissidents and prostitutes, the book also includes a police interrogation room, which was filmed in Ukraine for more than four months. Weber spent five years filming what is cruel (for westerners) to ask questions and hire. "I did some work, and X liked it very much:' This is very interesting', and he believed in this project," Weber said.

"He is very, very proud of his work. He feels honored because he thinks he has solved the case, and he is in a difficult situation because he has an offer. He looks for X's armed robbery and murder every month. * * * If he doesn't fill in the amount, he will be on the other side of the law. He wants to find evidence of the crime, which is why he has such strong doubts. He needs a confession so that he can go home, his child. "

Weber wrote a book with the writer Larry Florica, and published it together with the collection of the famous * * * professional Schilt. On the basis of Amsterdam, Schilt visited the country of Marcus Brisdale, the black passport of Stanley Green and the Caucasus of Vozak, thomas de. In order to help fund this project, Weber set up three collector's editions-$200, $500 and $65,438+0,000, all of which include a signed copy and a * * * edition of a book, bronze, silver and gold medals (of different sizes and edition numbers), signed, stamped and numbered, and packed in the archives of the Ukrainian police. The book will be wrapped in the report form of the old policeman and sealed in a handmade box with stamp wax.

"The initial fundraising and other crowdfunding Kickstarter projects were very popular, but I didn't want to go this way," Weber said. "I read books and aperture radius as models to a certain extent, and it is unique to study its * * * set and each packaging and printing structure because I made it by hand. I hope it is an art and physics project, very artistic and handicraft.

Jim Reid

Jim Reid was born in Springfield, Illinois, where he experienced all kinds of bad weather, such as ice storms, snowstorms, floods and hurricanes ... Later, his mother gave him a camera to stimulate his interest in images. After graduating from film major, he engaged in film production, but he found that four-fifths of his work was interrupted by the weather. Reed suddenly realized, "I put the camera in the wrong direction. The camera should actually point to the sky!" " Since then, he has turned his attention to extreme weather photography.

He is recognized as one of the most outstanding extreme climate photographers in the world. During his full-time photography career of nearly 20 years, he tracked as many as 357 storms, experienced 17 kinds of large hurricanes, filmed more than 60 tornado documentaries, and was invited as a consultant to deal with hurricane special effects in the film The Day After Tomorrow. His works have been published in National Geographic, The New York Times, Time and other famous newspapers and magazines.

Anne Gotis

She was born in Australia and now lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She is a member of the New Zealand Professional Photographers Association.

Anne Gotis, with her extraordinary imagination and unique style, has photographed a large number of children's photographs, which has been recognized and praised by the world.

Anne married her business partner, Kay, and they have two children.