Zoltan Gerliczki Artist

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Zoltan Gerliczki

‘I love the idea of “the impossible image” – the idea of there being no limits and of using the photograph as the basis for an image that’s in my head. ’

My compositions become like another world where sensuous body figures merge with the environment and transform to become new compositional structures. My imaginary worlds remove my viewer from their commonly understood vantage points because it’s impossible to know where the photographer’s eye is in relationship to the subjects. Using this technique I take the viewer into more surreal, magical worlds. By compositionally emphasizing light and color through selective focus, I am creating compositions that promote my feelings of delicacy and gracefulness. I like putting the viewer in a position to speculate what and where it is they are seeing. Because of this, the images evoke ideas around vantage point, perception, and imagination. I like creating what I call ‘impossible images’, but I love classic photographs too. I don’t really discern between classical and pop. I love great images. A simple black and white landscape can be beautiful. I love nudes as well.
But for the ‘impossible image’, I was particularly inspired by the work of Swedish photographer and retouch artist Erik Johansson.
Well, basically, I use photography as a base, but in the end, I really want to arrive at an image that nobody could actually shoot as a photograph. Photographs are the foundation for my images, so I have to shoot a lot of photographs of the things in my images to use as raw material in my images. I know exactly what I want to create and I work from an archive of photographs.
It took me ages to put together the idea of the sculptures. I shot at least 500 sculptures at different angles. I do love sculptures a lot. I didn’t want to make the image to look fake – or obviously Photoshopped. So it was a very delicate process of digital construction. I like working conceptually – trying very specifically to create the idea that is in my head. In the end it is a photograph – a print. But the ultimate image is built up of multiple layers of perfectly shot photographs. The quality has to match up across all of them. I always listen to classical musical when I’m working. Because each image takes so many hours, it helps me mentally to get really inside the image I want. More...