Interview with Oleg Dou ‹ 空白杂志::NONZEN

摄影师Oleg Dou1983年出生于莫斯科，镜头定格的画面可爱、夸张、小小荒诞，夸张的尺度恰到好处，有一种直逼心扉的爽意。当然，我最爱他创作的Toy Story系列，肆无忌惮的童真跃然纸上，不可收拾。

Shall Zou: Why is named toy story rather than kid story?
为什么取名玩偶故事而不是孩童故事？

Oleg Dou: Here in Russia (and I guess in many other countries) we have a tradition to make annual photo of all kids in kinder gardens (schools, institutes). You always can see a toy in a hands of this kids or near them (sometimes it’s a dog, sometimes it’s bear or maybe Pinocchio). Of course it differs but the thing is that toy is not personal for this kid – a photographer gives it saying:“Take it and smile” and takes it back after. This was very uncomfortable for me, I tried to smile – but some other emotions was their. I was afraid of photographer and this toy.

Shall Zou: What made you want to create these fantasy photos?
是什么原因让你想要创作这些富有想象力的照片？

Oleg Dou: I think that all the work I do now is related to this photos – I still hate when somebody makes a photos of me, but with the same strong I adore to make photos of other people… And I always try to find something behind what we see on the picture.

Later I saw a lot of pictures with kids and toys with unhappy, strange or angry faces…

It looks like grownups plays with kids making them pretend to smile when they don’t want to, so the real toy in a picture is a kid. And the idea of this series came from here – I combined a toy and a kid in one face

Shall Zou: Could you describe your photo style? clean bizarre?
能描述一下你的摄影风格吗？干净的诡异？

Oleg Dou: I always wanted to be different and recognized among others. I saw a lot of “trash” art when I was a child and still. I understand the idea to create art looking like no art – it is a kind of protest. But it is too much for me now, I’m tired to see such a things around, I don’t see any differenced among many artists. So I do another.

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Shall Zou: For you, what’s the greatest attraction of photography?
对你而言，摄影最吸引你的是什么？

Oleg Dou: I think that most strong part of photography is a feeling of reality.

Shall Zou: Are you attracted to the beautiful things when you’re very young? most people think that, in an artist’s life, childhood is the most important part, what is your childhood dream?
是不是在你很小的时候就被美丽的事物所吸引，多数人认为，艺术家的一生中，童年是很重要的一部分，你的童年梦想是什么？

Oleg Dou: My mother was a painter, now she works as a costumes designer for movies. My brother is musician. I spent a lot of time among artist when I was a child. And my childhood dream was to be an artist. So I’m lucky I am now.

Shall Zou: What made you choose photography?
是什么原因让你选择了摄影？

Oleg Dou: I’m interested in combining several different tools as digital retouch and real photography. Photography is a main part of my work and most important – you can’t simulate emotions and light with computer. So I do my best to take a good picture also technically perfect. I make the retouch with a computer.

Shall Zou: What are your biggest sources of inspiration?
你最大的灵感源泉是什么？

Oleg Dou: I adore old masters of renessance.

Shall Zou: What does photography mean to you?
摄影对你而已意味着什么？

Oleg Dou: It’s a way to reflect my mind to reality.

Shall Zou: As a photographer, what do you think the next challenge?
作为一名摄影师，你认为接下来会面临哪些挑战？

Oleg Dou: I think that most important challenge is to keep evolution as an artist trought all lifetime.

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