Mick Halloff's character introduction

Boris Mick Halloff is undoubtedly the most outstanding photographer in the former Soviet Union. During his photography career of about 3 years, he shot a lot of classic photography works, and at the same time, he constantly developed himself instead of staying in the position of an orthodox artist. In 1998, he held an exhibition called "Casehistory", showing photos reflecting daily life, and the album of the same name was published in 1999.

Chinese name: Mick Halloff

Nationality: former Soviet Union

Occupation: Photographer

Representative works: Mick Halloff

Boris Mick Halloff has a wide shooting range, and one project is completely different from another in form. It is difficult to define his photography style and aesthetic view. However, he has always believed that the function of photography is communication, and he believes that the media must help the audience understand more about the relationship between individuals and society.

Boris Mick Halloff's works are often surprising and eclectic. Many of his early works, including Private Series (late 196s), Red Series (1968-1975) and Luriki (1971-1985), are humorous in photography attitude. The works in "Private Series" are similar to a photo album, and all the photos show people in their own rooms. Women exercise; Dancing and partying. In The Red Series, Boris Mick Halloff uses the method of snapshot to shoot daily life and describe the public's attention to the red things that inevitably appear in life. Luriki series contains all the pictures taken by Boris Mick Halloff as a "commercial" photographer in 197s, during which his job was to retouch and color the old photos.

In p>1984, Boris Mick Halloff started a very important job-he posted the small black-and-white photos that reflected what happened every day in Coventry on the back of his uncle's unfinished academic notes, and later added various handwritten captions to the photos. It was not until 1998 that this work ended with the publication of a beautiful art book called "Unfinished Papers". In 1986, Boris Mick Halloff filmed a series called Salt Lake, depicting people swimming in a salt lake which may be sewage or fresh water, and the lake is surrounded by huge waste pipes.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union caused great changes, even for photographers and artists. Boris Mick Halloff's series Twilight (1991) and Land (1993) depict Ukrainian street life in brown tones. In the "Land" series, the blue tone is adopted, and Boris Mick Halloff depicts the struggle for survival.

In the series "I'm not Me IamnotI" filmed in 1992, Boris Mick Halloff posed nude, surrounded by all kinds of things representing male characteristics, such as swords, which reminded people of the salon art in the 19th century. Faced with today's overwhelming social reality, Boris Mick Halloff seems to be asking himself and his colleagues: "Why do we make images and for whom?"