The exhibition "LEO AND THE FOREST SPIRITS" by the operator of "Eastern Plays" and "The Island" will remain at the gallery from November 8th to 23rd.
Bulgarian cameraman and photographer Julian Atanasov will present his first solo exhibition "Leo and the Forest Spirits" at KO-OP from November 8 to 23. The exhibition will include 20 photographs of people and places from Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Croatia and Iran. The exhibition is curated by Swiss Katharina Ripstein.
Julian is a cameraman and often creates his photographic works on the periphery of the set, during breaks or at the end of the day, but his photographs are not part of a specific cinematic episode. Julian also shoots far from the film reality, when he is traveling or with his family. His works stand out from the contemporary flow of images through a consciously funny way of working. The photos are not staged or stolen, so it is difficult to classify them into the usual categories of reportage, documentary or stage photography. The images, captured in a moment that is both spontaneous and specifically awaited, reveal mental, associative spaces. Provincial and urban landscapes serve as metaphors for longing, melancholy and fatality.
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All works in the exhibition “LEO AND THE FOREST SPIRITS” were achieved through the method of classic analog photography – shooting, developing and copying. For Julian, the slow process and unpredictability of analog photography are a choice and a challenge, but also an opportunity. The imperfection of the light-sensitive emulsion and chance are an inseparable part of the special aesthetics inherent only to analog photography. The series “LEO AND THE FOREST SPIRITS” celebrates the quiet and noble existence of the film negative. It can also be understood as an appeal to the spirits of disappearing technology.
Julian Atanasov lives and works in Berlin and Sofia. His feature films have been presented at festivals in Cannes, Tokyo, Berlin, Locarno, and Sundance. He is known to a wide audience as the cinematographer of the films "Eastern Plays" and "The Island", where he worked with Kamen Kalev, "3/4" directed by Iliyan Metev, and "Yalda" from 2019 directed by Masoud Bakshi.
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