Alexandr Suprun
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About The Artist:
Alexandr Suprun (b. 1945) favored photomontage as the main method in his work. In the pre-Photoshop 1970's it was a laborious manual technique of cutting out fragments, mounting them and reproducing the resulting image. Thus, in the famous Suprun’s Lilies of the Valley (Springtime in the Forest) the same flower fragment was used 51 times.
His models were mostly elderly people and kids, the most vulnerable society groups, often placed against a sinister-looking urban background with dramatic high-contrast skies. Taking pictures of people in the street wasn’t welcomed in the Soviet Union. A person with a camera could be taken in for interrogation and accused of spying. Alexander Suprun used a candid camera concealed in a shopping bag to get material for his photomontages. That is, probably, one of the reasons why most of his images are taken from the lower angle.
Suprun's works were very well received at international photosalons and exhibitions. He is a winner of numerous international awards and bears the EFIAP title.
Alexandr Suprun Portfolio 1970-1980's
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