I.
For some reason many photographers – fans are inclined to consider(examine) a photo extremely as a kind of fine arts. On the business at not ё great variety of various applicabilities. And any of them can not be named main or, on the contrary, minor.
In middle позапрошлого of century to the supporters of a photo many efforts were necessary to apply to prove an accessory(belonging) of a photo to graceful arts (see, for example, chapter 5 in [4]). Nowadays there is an opposite situation. The photographers – fans should constantly remind, that the photo can be and source of occurrence of the new documents, both tool of knowledge, and way of creation of illustrations, and object of attention of the collectors, and basis for creation of the family chronicle, both technical tool, and fascinating leisure, and area of realization of the design decisions, and also to carry out great variety of other tasks and to serve to the diversified purposes. Even the exhibition photo not always should be art. In a historical exposition the photodocuments and photocertificates are quite admitted(quite allowed,quite allowable), and in a polytechnical museum the photos of technical achievement of the past are absolutely pertinent.
Banal ideas? Can be and so … But, to a great regret, there were they not on an empty place. Alas, снобизм of some photographers – fans surprising scale gets at times.
« No – no, I do not take off banal kinds and cards! » — declares one of them. Thus he, naturally, means, that all it(him) устремления are directed on creation of original works of art. Precisely with the same ideas in a head another speaks: « me the technical subtleties of photoshooting do not interest; my task — to pass emotions and feelings, and in engineering the engineers, physics and chemists let are interested! » Thus it is meant, that all of engineering and the engineers work only for creation of the tool, with which help the author – photographer can realize the highly artistic plans.
That! To understand such people it is possible. Similar снобизм проистекает from human эгоцентризма. Differently, everyone considers(counts), that his(its) approaches and vital principles are correct, and other people in this or that measure are mistaken.
But not for dispute this clause serves. Е ё the purpose is much more modest. The author of these lines simply would like ещ ё of time to remind to dear readers, that the occasions for снобизма are far-fetched more often. Everyone is free to see in a photo something сво ё.
II.
To not be голословным and excessively instructive, I shall try to illustrate the stated ideas with a small photo-sketch.
When about three years back reflected and the site «Hobbymaker’s’ was created, I precipitately have expressed on one of pages in the sense that through ten years any photo of a urban landscape gets the special, historical value. About, as наивен I was! Nowadays there is no necessity to wait so long. The changes in city occur much more quickly.
After almost three years many urban landscapes published on this site to not learn(find out)!, for example, this urban kind rather strongly has changed. A temple « Large Вознесение » обзавёлся own колокольней. And to find out, whether looks out still because of a wall a shy tree, now it is impossible, as the point, from which the picture was made, is built up by garages, and to pass to her in any way it is impossible. In a photo of November demonstration the slice of hotel “«Moscow”, nowadays сровненной with землёю is seen. And Moscow дворик, shown on other photo, up to unrecognizability has changed. Inside him(it) the building has grown solid on the sizes. And it вс ё only examples concerning photos of this site! And how much other changes can be noticed on the various photoimages stored(kept) in personal photoarchive of the author of these lines!
However most surprising, on my sight, transformation has taken place with the urban kind which has been removed(taken off) by me in a garden “«Эрмитаж”. But about it it would be desirable to talk more in detail …
III.
About three and a half of one year back it was possible to me to remove(take off) a photo « Two лавочки, two trees, lantern and bottle » (see fig. 1). At shooting any especial art supertask передо by me did not stand. Simply I would like to fix on a film an input(entrance) in the updated garden “«Эрмитаж”. No more. But also not less.
And after only I years a little again has embodied the same kind (fig. 2).
Fig. 1. Two лавочки, two trees, lantern and bottle. Фоторабота from archive of the author.( Moscow, August, 2001)Fig. 2. After three and a half of one year( Moscow, April, 2005)
Any is not required special наблюдательности to notice surprising метаморфозы.
The first and main change: alas, two trees without leaving a trace have disappeared. Whether they have choked in exhaust gases, similarly to many trees on a Garden ring New Арбате or on Tver? Whether have cut them on strategic reasons? (From them the perfect kind on Moscow “«скотленд-ярд” opened. Whether) Пали they by a victim of unknown invasion of the insects – wreckers? The answer is not known for me. Anyway: it is very a pity … very much …
In another way look and лавочки. Initial ажурные of a product of садово-park applied art made and – ля модерн, have conceded a place to more prosy and more practical decisions.
About the missed bottle and to speak it is not necessary. But whether costs(stands) under such circumstances горевать about her? The question, as is spoken, rhetorical. However, it is impossible to exclude probability of presence of some of bottles in new garden garbage urns (at all absent on the first photo). How to know?! That bottle натолкнула of the workers of park on an idea on necessity can to place in a garden enough of containers for dust?:-)
The observant spectator can notice ещ ё one distinction: at edge(territory) of a round bed a lantern nowadays has appeared. What for he? Whence has undertaken? Where he shines? On what he is called to spill electrical light?
In searches of the answer on these questions I have approached to a lantern more close.
Fig. 3. First MoscowElectrical lanternFig. 4. Really that?! The presentiments have not deceived. The lantern has appeared here неспроста. As appeared from small таблички, передо I was the first Moscow electrical lantern after restoration (fig. 3 and 4).
He whence has undertaken? Where was stored(kept) (or simply валялся) more than 120 years? In what the restoration consist? Again continuous questions … for some reason seem to me, what a lantern — a product of modern manufacture executed on the old drawings (to engravings? To photos?) However, I shall not be занудствовать. Let’s consider(count), what is it that first electrical street fixture! As for the first time electrical street illumination really has appeared in Moscow here, in a garden “«Эрмитаж” [2].
Достоин of a mention also following fact: on explanatory табличке is fixed (is immortalized?) surname of the present First Vice-mayor of Moscow. Not of the founder of the first electrical lantern! Not of the author of the art project! Not of the engineer developed and who has embodied in metal this product, necessary to city! THE NOT manager(doing not manage) of a Garden in those far times! Namely present Vice-mayor! No, I not against … Quite admit, that the Vice-mayor — the man worthy. But вс ё something strange sees to me in all this business. And place for a lantern is chosen not absolutely successfully … However, it, probably, begin стариковские ворчалки. It is time, видать, clause to finish. I stop …:-)
In the conclusion only I shall notice: truly, the photos with лёгкостью can turn to the skilful story-tellers capable поведать to the grateful students the surprising histories.
INSTEAD OF an EPILOGUE
If the colleague on general(common) hobby for a photo will approach to you and will begin to convince you, that the photo by all means should be art — not enter with it(him) disputes. Everyone is free to find and to see in her that considers(counts) for itself necessary. As almost any other human activity, the photo can be lead up to a level of art. But also, not having reached(achieved) this level, she will be for us useful and interesting.