“In the desert there is anything and nothing. |
The view through a large format camera ground glass screen, although always reversed, has offered me the wonderful opportunity to compose the picture, study and wait for the light, perhaps to see what others have already seen or to explore the yet unrecognized.
For a long time I have been photographing nature, starting with wooden 8 x 10 inch and 5 x 7 inch cameras, and eventually settling on a smaller metal 4 x 5 inch field camera. These images were photographed in various places in the Egyptian Western and Eastern Deserts and at different Temples in Egypt and Turkey. Each photograph is digitally scanned from 4 x 5 inch or 6 x 9 cm negatives, some images have been photographed with a digital camera. Since 1993 I have been working as the photographer with the Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago at Chicago House in Luxor, Egypt. All the Best from Upper Egypt, Der Blick durch die Mattscheibe einer Großformatkamera hat mir - obwohl alles immer seitenverkehrt dargestellt wird - die Möglichkeit gegeben, das Bild zusammenzustellen, zu verstehen und auf das Licht zu warten, um dann zu sehen, was andere vielleicht bereits gesehen haben oder was für andere noch unerkannt ist. Herzliche Grüße aus Oberägypten, Yarko Kobylecky |
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BIOGRAPHY Born in Augsburg, Germany SELECT EXHIBITIONS 2014 - “Das KOPTISCHE Ägypten – Fotografien rund um Luxor", 2011 - "Sites in the City", Rijksmuseum van Oudheden 2010 - Kulturforum Willich e. V., Willich-Neersen, Germany 2009 - Al Moudira Gallery, Luxor, Egypt 2007 - H. Weber Atelier, Cologne, Germany 2005 - Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 2004 - Chicago House Library Gallery, Luxor, Egypt 2003 - Packing House Gallery, Largo FL, USA 2001 - Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 2001 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL, USA 2000 - Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL, USA 1998 - Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 1996 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL, USA 1994 - Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 1993 - Lyons-Wier Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 1991 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL, USA 1990 - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh PA, USA PHOTOGRAPHER FOR: 1993 - present: University of Chicago, Epigraphic Survey Belgian Archaeological Mission, El Kab, Egypt, Sardis Expedition for the Harvard University, Sart, Turkey University of Michigan Expedition at Abydos, Egypt Hierakonpolis Conservation Project, Hierakonpolis, Egypt Egyptian Antiquities Museum, Cairo, Egypt British Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Bardo Museum of Roman Mosaics, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA Smart Museum of Art, Chicago IL, USA Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago IL, USA National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ONT, Canada National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, USA Regenstein Library, Special Collections, Chicago IL, USA Harold Washington Library, Special Collections, Chicago IL, USA Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Arts Council, Chicago IL, USA D’Arcy Gallery of Religious Art, Loyola University, Chicago IL, USA |