Julia Illi

03/11/2021

14/10/2021

Let's add some colors!
The book is, by the way, about Annie Leibovitz, whose story and work is such an inspiration.

RU Добавим немного цвета!
Книга, кстати, об Энни Лейбовиц, чья история и работы очень вдохновляют.

10/10/2021

I've been thinking a lot recently about being a photographer. Mostly - is there a need in ONE MORE photographer??

This thought actually stopped me several times of becoming a photographer before. I mean, there are so many photos are made every day, billions! And there are so many cool meaningful professions to choose from. And I want to become a photographer. Seriously? Sometimes it demotivates me from keep going.

Maybe it's wrong to think that way. This profession has changed. I'm inspired by photographers from the past, but photography was an art form those days, and it was not easily accessible like it is now.

You know what motivates me back? That I still can follow the great photographers from the past, I still can use photography as a form of art, I can use photography to talk about problems we have in the world, do it my way. Still learning though :)

Thank you for having this fun day with me, . Inspired by the fact that you're brave enough to stay true to yourself in this crazy world!:)

27/08/2019

Amsterdam, August 2017
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I am reading ‘My life in art’ by Konstantin Stanislavsky and it’s a discovery for me. Not only about art, acting or theatre. We know Stanislavsky as a genius, a creator of The Method and a co-founder of one of the greatest theatre. But actually he was just a person that was always seeking. He had a lot of doubts, and acting wasn’t very easy for him, he made mistakes and was very self-critical. He spent years and years mastering his skills.
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I am not going to say - just go, do stuff, never give up and bla bla. I am going to say - if you feel upset and lost, especially when it comes to the professional side of your life, just take a book written by a person that achieved something for real and read it. It’s not a panacea from everything bad that happens to us, but it can inspire, for sure.
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🇷🇺 Я сейчас читаю ‘Моя жизнь в искусстве’ Станиславского, и это открытие для меня. Не только в сфере искусства, театра и актерского мастерства. Мы знаем, что Станиславский был гением, создателем актерского Метода и одним из основателей великого МХТ. Но на самом деле, он просто был человеком в поисках. Он всегда был в сомнениях, актерское мастерство ему давалось с трудом, он делал ошибки, и был очень самокритичен. Он работал над собой неустанно на протяжении многих лет.
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Я не буду сейчас говорить - иди и делай что-то, не сдавайся и прочие «мотивационные» вещи . Я скажу - если чувствуешь себя потерянным и расстроенным, особенно когда дело касается карьеры и профессии, возьми книгу, написанную человеком, который на самом деле чего-то достиг и почитай. Это не панацея от всех горестей и неудач, но это определенно вдохновляет.
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#фотограф #амстердам #станиславский #книги #велосипед

21/08/2019

Unleash your imagination...
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Дай волю своему воображению...
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18/08/2019

Shanghai, China, 2017
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People is the best inspiration. That is all I want to say today.
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#китай #上海

13/08/2019

Jana, New Zealand, July 2019

I am reading a lot about creativity, screenwriting and storytelling, and a very important thing I understood is that every piece of art should have an idea.

It doesn’t mean that it should be clear to the audience from the first glance, but an artist should definitely be able to answer the question: «What is your piece of art about?”

Now, before developing any creative idea that pops up in my head, I ask myself: “What do I want to tell people through this story?”

11/08/2019

MY DEAR HUSBAND, Italy, August 2017⁠
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Do you believe that every person is gifted and able to create amazing pieces of art? ⁠
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I have always been thinking that I don't have any talent: I can't draw, or dance, or sing, even though I learned how to sing in a music school. I was almost ready to grin and bear the fact that I am a mediocre person. ⁠
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But then I realized that sometimes we do not allow our creative selves to thrive. We are tired after work and routine staff, as a result, we have time and energy only to watch one episode of a favourite show or just look through the Instagram feed. ⁠
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I want to try to find and share interesting ways of developing creative selves without spending a lot of time on it, just for fun and good mood. Hopefully, it will awake your muse (and mine as well!), and we'll all start to create more 😎⁠
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