Al Magnus Photography and Photographic Creations

I think it’s an invitation to dream, to reach poetry
where each detail holds its own meaning,
each element its usefulness, every scene tells a story.

Who’s the person who’s never dreamed
of lying on fluffy clouds or frolicking among the stars?
Those are a child’s simple emotions somehow
reduced within the constraint of traditional photography.
I’ve yearned to bring those yet again to the fore in absolute simplicity.

When my children came into my playground,
it became obvious I had to put them in the frame.
Their apparent naivity, added to their spontaneity,
allow to make believe in reality for a brief magic instant.

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Virtual Street Reality

Julian Beever is an English artist who is famous for his art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. Its peculiarity? Beever gives his drawings an anamorphosis view, his images are drawn in such a way which gives them three dimensionality when viewing from the correct angle. It's amazing.
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Ukrainian Easter Eggs 2006

Ukrainian Pysanky (Easter eggs) are an ancient form of Ukrainian folk art. They are an integral and cherished tradition in every Ukrainian household. Pysanka is derived from the Ukrainian word pysaty, meaning "to write". The designs are written or drawn on an egg with melted beeswax.

The art of creating pysanky is a long process and requires a steady hand, time, and patience. It begins with the selection of a clean smooth egg.

You will need a candle, beeswax, and a tool, called a ‘kistka'. The kistka is a small wooden dowel with a hole drilled through one end where a small copper funnel-like cone is inserted and wrapped securely by copper wiring.

The egg must be at room temperature. If the egg is cold or even cool, when the wax is applied, it can affect the outcome of your pysanky. Eggs, like our skin, are porous. When the egg is covered with wax it fills the pores preserving the color that has been applied. Beeswax is used in pysanky because it is a softer wax and will cling to the egg, unlike paraffin wax which will peel off of the egg surface.

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