What the heck of a name?
Hello friends!
Many people ask me: What does this name of your shop mean - SPEAKFRIENDPHOTO? Unreadable and wrong written! Well, yes :-) It`s wrong written indeed but not by me :-) I took this phrase from the mighty Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Country that belongs to the vast world of Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, sir.
The full inscription was like "Speak Friend and Enter" so you could enter Moria only after saying the word "Friend".
As you may guess, I love fairy tales, love complicate stories, love travels and adventures. And this defines my photography. Fantasy, whimsical, airy, ethereal, dreamy. This drives me to explore art and places and different people. I've been traveling and taking photographs my entire life. But this year I definetely walked away from a 9 to 5 office job as and I made photography my full-time profession.
Sometimes my images licensed for books and magazines ( for example this Parisian Cafe http://www.dogankitap.com.tr/images/kapak/karanlikCokerkenB.jpg) as well for a greeting cards. My friends and clients decorate their houses with my prints and this makes me a truly fulfilled artist and a happy human beeing.
I live in a beautiful capital of Ukraine - Kiev. These days my lovely country is struggling for independence and freedom. It seams impossible in 21 century but we are forced to stand against corruption, greediness and treachery. But in the flames and blood of this war borns our new society. Conscious and brave. And we are ready to fight for our land.
On the brightest note I would like to welcome you to my Facebook page www.facebook.com/Speakfriendphoto. I keep it updated with my new images.
If you are interested you may as well see my Portraiture Site www.irinabort.com
Thank you very much for visiting and reading! :-)
Irina
