Impression of The Month: Theater Photography

June 2023 – a handful of scheduled photo shoots in the domain of culture and art in the diary of one photographer. It is really a great pleasure to work then, and most of all it is invigorating, both for the mind and the soul. Undoubtedly, the premier of the children's opera Ivica and Marica by Englbert Humperdinck, in the Pinocchio puppet theater, performed by students of the Opera Studio of the Department of Solo Singing at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, undoubtedly stands out, and thus certainly becomes the impression of the month of June. ☺️

When you go to shoot photography with the status of first love, certain emotions are present without any dilemma that make the work even easier and more beautiful. Excitement and anticipation of new characters, stories, scenography and general theatricality are just some of them. The feeling when you watch a performance through the viewfinder of a camera is equated with participating in it, as if you are a part of it, you walk, dance, run along with the actors, talk, and even sing with them, like in the opera Ivica and Marica with outstanding students of the Department's Opera Studio for solo singing at the Faculty of Music. They bring you absolutely into the story, you share the atmosphere and sympathize with them, you have to, frame asks you to, in the case of a good photo, a really, really good one, you need to breathe with them – that's why it's love, a huge love that always responds with joy, it is priceless to have such love in business, isn't it? Oh, that theater photography! ❤️

The multitude of voices still float in the air, the multitude of performed steps still pulsate on the boards that mean life. The opera Ivica and Marica is for ages 6 to 11, but of course it can touch every child in us, it brings us back to our childhood and we leave the hall with a smile, relaxed and relieved at least for a moment. Thank them for that! ❤️