Impossible photography | Erik Johansson

Prevodilac: Branislav Ivkovic Lektor: Ivana Korom

I'm here to share my photography.

Ovde sam, kako bih podelio sa vama svoje fotografije.

Or is it photography?

Da li su to uopšte fotografije?

Because, of course, this is a photograph

Jer, svakako, ovo je fotografija koju

that you can't take with your camera.

ne možete napraviti fotoaparatom.

Yet, my interest in photography started

Moje interesovanje za fotografiju počelo je

as I got my first digital camera

kada sam sa 15 godina

at the age of 15.

dobio svoj prvi digitalni fotoaparat.

It mixed with my earlier passion for drawing,

Pomešalo se sa mojom ranijom strašću

but it was a bit different,

za crtanjem, ali je ovo bilo malo drugačije

because using the camera,

zato što je kod korišćenja

the process was in the planning instead.

aparata proces usmeren ka planiranju.

And when you take a photograph with a camera,

A kada slikate aparatom,

the process ends when you press the trigger.

proces se završava kada pritisnete dugme.

So to me it felt like photography was more about

Meni se činilo da je fotografisanje više o tome

being at the right place and the right time.

da se nađete na pravom mestu u pravo vreme.

I felt like anyone could do that.

Mislio sam da to može raditi ko god poželi

So I wanted to create something different,

i zbog toga sam želeo da stvorim nešto drugačije,

something where the process starts

nešto gde proces počinje

when you press the trigger.

kada pritisnete dugme.

Photos like this:

Fotografije poput ove:

construction going on along a busy road.

konstrukcijski radovi na prometnom putu.

But it has an unexpected twist.

Ali, postoji neočekivani zaplet.

And despite that,

I uprkos tome,

it retains a level of realism.

održava nivo realističnosti.

Or photos like these --

Ili fotografije poput ovih --

both dark and colorful,

i tamne i šarenolike,

but all with a common goal

sve zbog zajedničkog cilja -

of retaining the level of realism.

zadržavanja nivoa realističnosti.

When I say realism,

Kada kažem realistične,

I mean photo-realism.

mislim foto-realistične.

Because, of course,

Jer, naravno,

it's not something you can capture really,

to nije nešto što zaista možete uslikati,

but I always want it to look like it could have been captured somehow

ali uvek želim da izgleda kao

as a photograph.

da se nekako moglo uslikati.

Photos where you will need a brief moment to think

Fotografije zbog kojih morate na kratko da

to figure out the trick.

porazmislite kako biste otrkili u čemu je trik.

So it's more about capturing an idea

Dakle, više se tu radi o hvatanju ideje

than about capturing a moment really.

nego o hvatanju trenutka,

But what's the trick

Ali koji je to trik

that makes it look realistic?

koji ih čini realističnima?

Is it something about the details

Da li je to nešto u detaljima

or the colors?

ili bojama?

Is it something about the light?

Da li je stvar u svetlu?

What creates the illusion?

Šta stvara iluziju?

Sometimes the perspective is the illusion.

Ponekad je perspektiva iluzija.

But in the end, it comes down to how we interpret the world

Na kraju, svodi se na to kako tumačimo svet

and how it can be realized on a two-dimensional surface.

i kako to možemo prikazati na dvodimenzionalnoj površini.

It's not really what is realistic,

Ne radi se o tome šta je realistično,

it's what we think looks realistic really.

nego o tome šta mi mislimo da izgleda realistično.

So I think the basics

Mislim da su osnove

are quite simple.

vrlo jednostavne.

I just see it as a puzzle of reality

Ja to vidim kao slagalicu realnosti

where you can take different pieces of reality and put it together

gde možete uzeti različite delove realnosti

to create alternate reality.

i spojiti ih kako biste stvorili alternativnu realnost.

And let me show you a simple example.

Dozvolite da vam pokažem jednostavan primer.

Here we have three perfectly imaginable physical objects,

Ovde imamo 3 savršeno moguća fizička objekta,

something we all can relate to living in a three-dimensional world.

nešto što svi možemo povezati sa životom u 3D svetu.

But combined in a certain way,

Ali iskombinovani na određeni način,

they can create something that still looks three-dimensional,

oni mogu stvoriti nešto što i dalje izgleda trodimenzionalno,

like it could exist.

kao da bi moglo postojati.

But at the same time, we know it can't.

Isto tako, znamo da ne može postojati.

So we trick our brains,

Stoga varamo svoje mozgove,

because our brain simply doesn't accept the fact

jer naš mozak jednostavno ne prihvata činjenicu

that it doesn't really make sense.

da to zapravo nema smisla.

And I see the same process

Isti je proces

with combining photographs.

sa kombinovanjem fotografija.

It's just really about combining different realities.

To je jednostavno kombinovanje različitih realnosti.

So the things that make a photograph look realistic,

Stvari koje fotografiju čine realističnom,

I think it's the things that we don't even think about,

mislim da su to stvari o kojima ni ne razmišljamo,

the things all around us in our daily lives.

stvari iz naših svakodnevnih života.

But when combining photographs,

Ali kod kombinovanja fotografija,

this is really important to consider,

važno je o tome razmisliti jer

because otherwise it just looks wrong somehow.

inače sve izgleda nekako pogrešno.

So I would like to say that there are three simple rules to follow

Zbog toga bih hteo reći da postoje 3 jednostavna pravila kojih se

to achieve a realistic result.

treba držati kako bi se postigli realistični rezultati.

As you can see, these images aren't really special.

Kao što vidite, ove fotografije nisu ništa posebno,

But combined, they can create something like this.

ali zajedno, mogu stvoriti nešto poput ovoga.

So the first rule is that photos combined

Prvo pravilo je da kombinovane fotografije,

should have the same perspective.

moraju da imaju istu perspektivu.

Secondly, photos combined

Drugo,

should have the same type of light.

da imaju isto osvetljenje.

And these two images both fulfill these two requirements --

Obe slike ispunjavaju ove zahteve,

shot at the same height and in the same type of light.

slikane su sa iste visine i na istom osvetljenju.

The third one is about making it impossible to distinguish

Treće je onemogućiti otkrivanje

where the different images begin and end

gde različite slike počinju i završavaju se,

by making it seamless.

napraviti ih savršeno skladnim.

Make it impossible to say

Učiniti nemogućim utvrđivanje

how the image actually was composed.

kako je fotografija uopšte sklopljena.

So by matching color, contrast and brightness

Uskađujući boje, kontrast i osvetljenje

in the borders between the different images,

na granicama različitih slika

adding photographic defects

dodajući fotografske greške

like depth of field,

kao što su dubina polja,

desaturated colors and noise,

prigušene boje i smetnje,

we erase the borders between the different images

brišemo granice između različitih slika

and make it look like one single image,

i činimo da izgleda kao jedna slika,

despite the fact that one image

iako ta jedna slika,

can contain hundreds of layers basically.

može zapravo imati i stotine slojeva.

So here's another example.

Još jedan primer.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

One might think that this is just an image of a landscape

Neko bi možda pomislio da je ovo samo slika pejzaža,

and the lower part is what's manipulated.

i da je samo donji deo izmanipulisan.

But this image is actually entirely composed

Ali ova slika je zapravo cela sastavljena

of photographs from different locations.

od fotografija sa različitih lokacija.

I personally think that it's easier to actually create a place

Lično mislim da je lakše stvoriti mesto,

than to find a place,

nego ga pronaći,

because then you don't need to compromise

jer onda ne morate da pravite

with the ideas in your head.

kompromise sa svojim idejama.

But it does require a lot of planning.

Ali, to zahteva dosta planiranja.

And getting this idea during winter,

Dobio sam ideju tokom zime i znao

I knew that I had several months to plan it,

da imam nekoliko meseci da

to find the different locations

sve isplaniram i nađem različite

for the pieces of the puzzle basically.

lokacije za delove slagalice.

So for example,

Na primer,

the fish was captured on a fishing trip.

riba je uslikana tokom pecanja.

The shores are from a different location.

Obale su sa druge lokacije.

The underwater part was captured in a stone pit.

Deo pod vodom uslikan je u kamenolomu.

And yeah, I even turned the house on top of the island red

I da, čak sam obojio kuću na vrhu ostrva u crveno

to make it look more Swedish.

kako bi izgledalo više švedski.

So to achieve a realistic result,

Dakle, za postizanje realističnog rezultata,

I think it comes down to planning.

mislim da je sve u planiranju.

It always starts with a sketch, an idea.

Uvek započinje skicom, idejom.

Then it's about combining the different photographs.

Zatim sledi kombinovanje različitih fotografija.

And here every piece is very well planned.

A ovde je svaki deo bio dobro isplaniran.

And if you do a good job capturing the photos,

I ako odradite dobar posao fotografišući,

the result can be quite beautiful

rezultat može da bude veoma lep

and also quite realistic.

i takođe prilično realističan.

So all the tools are out there,

Svi alati su nam na raspolaganju,

and the only thing that limits us

jedino što nas ograničava

is our imagination.

je naša mašta.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)