J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Yelena Yemchuk
Episode #48, Summary
ODESA is Ukrainian photographer Yelena Yemchuk's hauntingly beautiful love story of a people and the spirit of place.
Episode Notes
Yemchuk’s second monograph is a form of visual poetry. Her exceedingly tender portraits exude sensuality, emotion, and kinetic energy. Her controlled compositions form a lyrical arrangement with words by Ilya Kaminsky. Together both artists capture the elusive essence of this magical city, beguiling and beyond time.
In this conversation, Yelena discusses, among other things:
The story of a place
Capturing essence
Controlling what is in the frame
Connection, collaboration & chance
Pushing the composition
Uncomfortable cropping
Trusting editors
Editing out 65% of your work
Sequence is key
Text & titles
Coming from goodness
Referenced in the episode
Published by Gost Books