This morning Woody turned me on to local Raleigh photographer Tim Lytvinenko, whose portfolio I am already (at 11) moderately obsessed with…
There really isn’t a whole lot of information on this gentleman in his bio or elsewhere on the web but take a few minutes perusing the galleries in his portfolio and you’ll get it.
In a world where 95% of the photo portfolio’s I come across online consist of staged hipster portraits with excessive lighting or gritty, “street”, documentary style photos (usually by suburbanites recently transplanted to their romanticized city of choice), Tim’s the natural. He feels at rest around his subjects, lucid, and there’s a real ease that comes across in the work. There isn’t much fat here; you get a story you can understand immediately via the capture of the exact, correct moment.
“…photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event, as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression.” -Bresson
Take a moment to poke around Tim’s excellent (and funny) website, I would especially recommend checking out the “Jill Libby” gallery.
What do you all think of Tim’s work? As excited as me?
Tags: chapel hill, Durham / Chapel Hill, lypvinenko, photo, photograph, Photography, Raleigh
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
I am just as obsessed! Photography has been one of the key culprits in my abundant cynicism. This dude makes me want to start shooting again big time. Also, in the sea of lousy amateurs, it’s restoring my faith in the fact that getting a photograph is truly difficult. It takes hard work, and is worth it in the end when you’ve got someone’s whole life history staring back at you in 2D. Tim, who are you? Where are you? You should hang out with us.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:34 am
Tim isn’t the only talented Lytvinenko, his brother Victor is pretty awesome too. He and his wife Sarah [they are the 2 smooching in the second picture] make jeans by hand, using all local materials. You can check them out at http://www.versesjeans.com.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:06 am
What a find! Very cool work!
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Such an amazingly talented artist. It is so wonderful to see the world through his lens.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 am
kristy – this is part of my life story: http://timlytvinenko.com/bday/ , I used to live in durham for a while but now im back in raleigh, and yes we should hang out. we should schedule up a drink time with that ‘us’ you’re talking about and ill bring more photos.
nicole – i made that website! and that may be the first time on record where victor was called ‘tim’s brother’. yay.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Tim: that birthday is one of the best things i have ever seen. Drink time shall be scheduled!
April 24th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
kristy – glad you like it. i sent dylan a few more movies. check them out, they’re great for fridays.