Igor Vereshchagin. Given & Stolen=Подаренное и укр

Given._x000D_ There is a special magic in the moment when a photographer is making a deal with his vis-a-vis, thus defining_x000D_ the miracle we call photography._x000D_ In this case the frame is an immersion, a joined effort, a dialogue._x000D_ Somebody is giving his or her image to a person with a camera, trusting that person and taking part in the creative initiative._x000D_ But is there an accurate word that defines something which originally belonged to the other and was taken from him or her without permission?_x000D_ Stolen._x000D_ I am talking about a photograph taken without a permission. Digitalized sneak shot of a fleeting moment in someone else's life with no beginning and no end. It could become an eternity, but we just can not stop and really believe it. Nevertheless, it becomes eternal because there is nothing more endless and immediate than a silence of a moment, even the shortest one. Strange or familiar people in the focus of a camera lens. Camera hidden in the folds of a coat. Click of... _x000D_ Given._x000D_ There is a special magic in the moment when a photographer is making a deal with his vis-a-vis, thus defining_x000D_ the miracle we call photography._x000D_ In this case the frame is an immersion, a joined effort, a dialogue._x000D_ Somebody is giving his or her image to a person with a camera, trusting that person and taking part in the creative initiative._x000D_ But is there an accurate word that defines something which originally belonged to the other and was taken from him or her without permission?_x000D_ Stolen._x000D_ I am talking about a photograph taken without a permission. Digitalized sneak shot of a fleeting moment in someone else's life with no beginning and no end. It could become an eternity, but we just can not stop and really believe it. Nevertheless, it becomes eternal because there is nothing more endless and immediate than a silence of a moment, even the shortest one. Strange or familiar people in the focus of a camera lens. Camera hidden in the folds of a coat. Click of a shutter shooting from the hip on a subway escalator, on a street, in a cafe or... in an operating room of a field hospital._x000D_ Which is more sincere? The given or the stolen?_x000D_ The vision! The vision of a photographer who documents reality in its most expected and unexpected manifestations._x000D_ That is why today I combine both of these principles and turn them into allies and partners in that very magical instant which I devoted my whole life to - my photography._x000D_ Welcome