Случайно увидел в ленте, в группе "Петербург. Ретроспектива",...

By chance I saw in the tape, in the group "Petersburg. Retrospective", one of the most famous photographs of the Petersburg classic photographer - Boris Smelov. A lone fisherman is photographed on it, standing on the embankment of the Neva (the silhouette of a sphinx is guessed in the fog behind a human figure). Most of the photo is hidden by fog, and the details that "should be visible" are surprisingly clearly visible - the talent of the photographer allowed the author to be at the right time and in the right place, there is not a single superfluous detail in the photo and there is no feeling that he has something something is missing. Many photographers love to take photographs at dawn, when there is almost no one on the streets, and the fog modifies the surrounding reality, brings something mysterious into it. I like Smelov not only because he took truly beautiful photographs - he felt the texture, composition, lighting, chose interesting and unusual angles. He managed to convey the spirit of the city, to show all its characteristic features: after all, it is this dilapidation and shabbyness that makes Peter Peter, makes the city textured: fallen bricks, rusty pipes, twisted iron canopies - all this together creates a unique atmosphere of the historic city center. And after watching Smelov's works, I once again wanted to start taking pictures: walking around the city, looking for interesting shots.