ABOUT

"Heavy Colour is a result of many transformations that happened to me and my interpretation of surroundings in the last several years. I went through many changes while searching my style and I eventually found that my res passion is shooting intense colour.

I believe that colours and shapes have their own meanings and I often tend to look at my photographs as if they were abstract paintings with two key distinguishing features: first, all my photographs portray real life, they are not staged, manipulated or set up in any way and; second, in contrast to the paintings, they include the element of unpredictability, mostly in the form of a human element. In my photographs I often use reflective surfaces as they help me to make the photographs more abstract, change the meanings or sometimes add some mystery. in many of my photographs colour is playing the leading role, it is the main subject of my images. I want my viewers to ask questions, to find their own meanings and to get aesthetic pleasure from my work."

— Dmitry Stepanenko