Der Fotograf und Bergsteiger Guram Tikanadze ist tragisch beim Abstieg vom Guram Tikanadze-Legendary Man struggling with Mountains
by European Mountain Forum
"The photos of Guram Tikanadse exhibit warmth, sadness, pain and humor. These feelings substitute each other quite well when it comes to Guram Tikanadze's art. Mostly, they represent the search for the heroic person, truth and natural laws conducted by the author.
The legendary man fighting the mountains, Guram Tikanadze, would have become 70 this year. He has slipped from the Mount Shkhara, and encountered death on its slopes. But even today, many different versions and gossips go around about the death of a famous Georgian alpinist.
The exhibition hosted the black and white photos of Tikanadze. Some of them are in colors as well. They show to the much work done by the author. David Gujabidze, photographer and film operator, all enchanted with two photos of Tikanadze, said, "Thousands of things have to done and considered to set the colors on the photo, which will stand close to real. Exactness, with which Guram composed his photos are absolutely magnificent. [...]
Tikanadze's photos have no titles. No one could not find titles given to photos by Tikanadze himself. Photography of Tikanadze is documental. One of the photos envisages the yard of an old house. The yard, road and river altogether are the components of one whole composition. They all initiate sorrow and pain in every on-looker. Of course, everybody has seen old houses, but Tikanadze's photos express some sort of dependence. The author, as an observer of reality, first becomes overwhelmed with the feelings, and only then he takes up to the task of envisaging own impressions on his photos.
One of the Tikanadze's photos envisages two young women on the background of the monument titled "Kartlis Deda" (Mother Georgia). These two girls probably are the models. The photo is probably made for some magazine cover.
The time on this photo is expressed through a couple of techniques: dresses of the models and the style, which is preserved. The long shot on the same photo shoes another woman, which is walking down the street. The models stand statically on the background of the then-wooden Monument structure of the Mother Georgia. The static models are enlivened because of the moving woman nearby. This strikes a balance between dynamics and static. And this equilibrium can only be reached through photography.
Little girl and her movements, which are well caught during the photo shot, the Georgian dance, which can be associated with music by the on-lookers altogether make a list of very interesting photos presented at the exhibition. Each photo is shot and composed so that is inevitably indicates to the professionalism of the photographer.
Guram Tikanadze, through his photos, catches the "focus" of the human eye. The Tikanadze's eye-focus shows to the distance that is needed to be caught. The background is left out of the concentration of the eye. Tikanadze's photos are "naturalistic" as the nature stands too important for him. But nature would have been nothing without the power of imagination of the photographer himself. According to David Gujabidze, "The real photographer inserts a part of himself and his soul into their works. Each photo represents the author and his pains."
The most part of the photos of Tikanadze are preserved in the Literature Institute after Leonidze and private archives. Nugzar Popkhadze and Paata Natsvlishvili have issued the album titled "Guram Tikanadze-100 photos."
They dedicated this album to the great Georgian photographer who would have become 70 this year."
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* National Park of Georgia - National Park of Georgia - Path to Development of Tourism;
* Guram Tikanadze-Legendary Man struggling with Mountains;
* Borjomi Will Have the Taste of Oil.
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