BORUT PETERLIN in a rabbit hole of photography

Teja Reba (infront) and Leja Jurišić are actresses that were performing in theater performance Med nama (Between us) in Stara Elektrarna theater, Ljubljana. New shows are scheduled for 3. & 4.2.2010 at 20.00.

Picture was made for Mladina weekly for a Striptiz rubric (more far out portraits HERE)

The idea for the picture comes from press material that I could read and I wanted to make a picture about dominance, control, harsh, but still female kind of picture. Sure erotic, but can you imagine the posture of man and women like that? hm… now I realized that the picture would work if man would be in front and female would be “hugging” him. Anyway in this case the picture works because there are two women and because of that the portrait can be harsher, more direct, less discreet, more brutal. My first intention was to retouch background out, but when I’ve set colors, I liked the pipes and door. It makes it even harsher, then it would be completely clean – studio like.

PS: Dear readers od my blog,
lately I don’t find enough time to write blog. Reasons are many. THe construction of our house is going really well, I’m finishing with teaching at Sežana faculty for photography for this year, working for Mladina, but also for a lot of corporate clients. Last, but not least I discovered that the quality of my life increase dramatically if I have enough sleep, so I’m not burning midnight oil for this blog. No doubt, I’ll keep on blogging, but I must admit I prefer Muay Thai and chess.

Ciao tutti,
During December’s holidays I updated my site WWW.BORUTPETERLIN.COM and I’m inviting you for a visit. I added new Striptiz portraits, new Flower – Power pics, new tearsheets, new corporate work, new photojournalism category Photo of the week (with captions). I’m still preparing videos to be uploaded.

Also A Photo Folio (company of A Photo Editor – Rob Haggart) made slick new design changes. I really like large thumbnails in four rows and the navigation bar and that you can send an image from site to your email and everything else.

I would like to read your feedback. And please rate the post (stars on the bottom of the post) as you would rate my site.
Thank you,
B5

Janez Bršec, a poet, commisioned by Mladina, project STRIPTIZ. This portrait was inspired by one of his poems where he’s talking about God. If you’re religious you might not appreciate his work, but I especially liked the song Face of the God (Obraz Boga). You’re wondering how it was done?

Well I’ll tel to my client I ordered a custom made milky glass from Swarovski, then ordered a table with computer guided telescopic features on which I lay down the precisely sowed black velvet and the glass and then asked Janez to step behind it and take a shot against the stars. In this way I will issue an astronomical fee for the picture, but the truth is that you can order a Plexiglas from Akripol for 50 EUR and then put a table on a bench and it’s just as good.
I know what you’re thinking. No, it’s not cheating, it’s an art concept. I want to lead a concept of astronomical all the way to the end, so obviously I can’t issue a usual bill that could compete with a meal in a fancy restaurant, isn’t!

Here is one more version without the trees, but I prefer the one with treetops. I like disturbances – more God like.
PS: Don’t forget to rate (stars at the bottom of the post). God never forgets to rate!!!

Here is a short souvenir from year 2009. During this holidays I was working as hell and more news to follow in few days. One of my new year resolutions is that I’ll take more time for my projects and cancel few jobs. JC, don’t forget to comment & rate.

PS: I can’t believe Youtube cut my last slide out! Well, music is by Grimmski and you can download their great stuff from www.grimmski.com