More than a hundred years ago, this large and spacious building was designed and built as a theater, and for a few months, I got access to all its intricate corridors, rooms, lockers and smoking rooms at any time.
I tried to make it unnoticeable to people who fill the theatrical space so that they would remain as natural as possible in my day-to-day work. I didn’t care who to shoot: whether it was a leading actor, or a makeup artist, or a watchman. The main thing is that there were no non-theater actors in the frame, so I avoided viewers and outsiders.
I divided the visual language of the series into two parts. The first is the space of a theater that lives its own life. Even old walls and interior details tell his story. And the second part is the people who fill this space.
First of all, I wanted to convey the atmosphere of the theater. That’s why I avoided days of performances, I slowly immersed in the theatrical everyday life, which is probably ninety percent of the theater’s life.
About Taras Bychko
Taras Bychko works in the genre of documentary and street photography. Starts photography in 2014. He was born in Lviv (Ukraine) in 1987.
His works were exhibited at the main expositions of the Miami Street Photo Festival (2016, 2017, 2018), Eastreet 4 – photography of Eastern Europe (2017), Odessa / Batumi Photo days (2017) and many other international and Ukrainian photo competitions.
The winner of the Ukrainian National Competition “Photographer of the Year 2016” in the category “Street Photography”. Finalist and 2nd Best Overall Photo winner at Documentary Family Awards (2018). His photo was included in the book “100 Great Street Photographs” (London, 2017).
He was published in Burn Magazine, In-Public, National Geographic, Lens Culture, 121 clicks, Bird in flight and others. Taras is one of creator of group Ukranian Street Photography.
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