Once Upon a Time in Havana…
Centuries ago this city became the gateway to the New World. The mixture of architectural styles and ethnicities in the cradle of revolutions make Cuba a truly unique place where the history might look frozen and yet the street life is bustling… Meet Havana in January 2023
Culture Shock
This series features photographic art from Yuri Leving's extensive field trips around the world and serves as an anthropological exploration of places both distant and enigmatic. In his own words, Leving is interested in a 'geography of a soul' rather than in a lure of exotic places, therefore humans in his artwork become permanent fixtures of elusive reality where modernity and retro blend into each other creating a shock of recognition - as if one has been woken up from daydreaming...
Act Noir
"In this chromatic world Yuri Leving plays complex games of hide-and-seek both with his subjects and viewers. The enduring appeal of Leving's camera is the way in which he constructs enigmas that trap our gaze" — Art Review
Your Quote Could Be Here...
The most enduring humanist photography achieves a seemingly artless lyricism, suggesting spontaneity and immediacy, and echoes the work of Italian neorealist films of the 1940s and 1950s. “Your Quote Could Be Here…” speak of a universal human condition and capture something remarkable or emotionally engaging in scenes taken from daily life.
"Your quote could be here..." / "Здесь могла бы быть ваша цитата..."
Immobility - I
Immobility - II
Immobility - III
Immobility - IV
On the bridge / На мосту
Immobility - V
In the narrow casbah / В переулках касбы
Parting Scylla and Charybdis / Раздвигая Сциллу и Харибду
Respite during the match / Переменка после штрафного
It's a deal! / По рукам!
Siesta
Forgotten bride / Забытая невеста