Uldis Briedis was a wonderful photographer, with out whose vivid pictures capturing Latvia for a time was unthinkable. A yr in the past, the photographer handed away, so he didn’t expertise his most bold exhibition. Activists in his native Valdemārpils and Ulda Briež’s household took care of it. The spectacular exhibition was opened concurrently the primary preparations for the bicentenary of the good Krišjānis Valdemārs.
Photographer Uldis Briedis was the creator of vivid pictures, himself passionate and loopy to hunt for an unrepeatable shot. And this will also be seen within the images during which different authors have captured him – he’s nowhere in a peaceful pose, in every single place he’s energetic, highly effective and stunning. His works aren’t simply images, they’re proof of historical past. “Uldis Briedis is a type of who does his work very exactly, and you may admire that he’s at all times in the precise place. As a result of these great experiences – images present folks in actual conditions. And if you undergo your complete collection of the exhibition, you get a partial concept, and also you need to know extra,” says author Eriks Hanberg.
Within the small city, the images are positioned in three completely different locations, ranging from the synagogue, which due to new house owners is beginning to develop into a brand new cultural area, then results in the church and the library, turning the stroll right into a artistic stroll. “This exhibition is actually distinctive. These images have been in main exhibition halls and live performance halls. And now we are able to see it right here in Valdemārpils. Truly, our huge exhibition consists of 4 completely different exhibitions. Such a large-scale exhibition has by no means been held wherever else in Latvia,” mentioned Valdemārpils TIC supervisor Karīna Leinberga-Lemberga.
The works on show within the church have a sea theme. And that was necessary to Uldi Bried, as a result of he himself was a certified helmsman of a fishing vessel. When he obtained a proposal to develop into a photograph correspondent, he had a dilemma, as a result of the wage was a lot decrease than when working at sea. Uldis Briedis adopted his coronary heart. “It seems that in the long run the selection was proper – Latvia obtained one very highly effective photographer,” mentioned the photographer’s son Harijs Briedis.
The creation of the exhibition revealed a number of tales. Additionally about Uldas Briež’s custom of at all times flying a flag on the home, and symbolically in the course of the Valdemārpils vacation, the photographer’s grandson raised the flag. However within the meantime, the artists picked up their brushes to take part within the plein air “Vairo Valdemārs!”, which is the start of the bicentennial actions of Krišjānis Valdemārs subsequent yr – works created by each Talsi and different Latvian artists might be auctioned. “In the present day, the duty is to color extra freely with secure strokes, perhaps not so realistically. However to guess what the place is. I got here to apply portray largely for myself, however after all if it is going to be for charity afterwards, I might be very completely satisfied in the event that they admire what I do,” says Guntars Sviķis, a plein air participant.
After just a few hours, the plein air works had been prepared. Within the meantime, the works of Uldas Briež might be on show till the top of August, however so as to enter the synagogue and the church, these should apply prematurely, however in September, Valdemārpils desires to disclose the story of the excellent photographer to college students.
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2024-06-19 10:47:28