LOST FREEDOM: Tell us a little about yourself. How old are you and where are you from? TINA SOSNA: My name is Tina Sosna and I am 19 years old. I am living in an area called “the green heart of Germany“ so of course I love being surrounded by the forest. When did you first become interested in photography? How has your work changed since then? I first came in touch with photography when I bought my first little compact camera. At the beginning I started to take photos of everything I saw especially I liked to catch the little details that are living in everything.I also wrote many stories and poems, but I never wanted to show them someone. I didn’t found the right or enough words to cover all the feelings and emotions that are in my heart and head. So I tried to express all my thoughts through pictures. My work changed when I met my love who write his own songs. I wanted to bring all these new experiences into my photos. So I started to take analogue pictures. This is in my opinion the perfect way to show all things in my live that I want to show. How would you describe your style? Warm, soft, inspired by nature, tender and expressive. I like to bring these characteristics into my pictures but I also love how analogues photos have kind of like their own life. How do you think location has an impact on your work? Actually the location is the first thing that inspires me to think about what could happen there. Escpecially when warm light shines through the trees or the nature looks like sprung from a fairy tale it seems like the forest lives. This is what makes the photo the story I want to tell.
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for me silence means being alone in a deserted place where you can be lost in your thoughts and feelings, and without saying anything, time stands still.
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Who and what inspires you? Beside the woods also music has a very huge influence on my work. But also do movies and books inspires me. This all flows into my feelings that I show in my pictures.
How would you define silence? How do you think this idea is shown through your photos? Silence can be defined in very different ways, but for me it means being alone in a deserted place where you can be lost in your thoughts and feelings, and without saying anything, time stands still. I always try to express this particular silence in my photos. Persons look away from the camera so they aren’t bothered or forced to anything. They ought to be free to think whatever they like and to stand there as the human they are with their eyes closed or fixed on something.
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