Nitsa is a photographer, visual artist and author of numerous books centering on her “non-politically correct” photographic style. She’s been at it for a while, longer then the current Lomo craze anyway. Her unorthodox approach was ahead of its time and the refreshing aspect is that Nitsa doesn’t make a big deal out of what camera she’s using and makes it a point to emphasize that it doesn’t matter what camera you use as long as it’s a working one. That being said she does have a pretty extensive collection of cameras of various vintages, makes and models.
Glance through Nitsa’s website www.nonphotography.com gives advice on breaking the dogmatic chains of orthodox photography. There’s an extensive gallery of her work and a link to download her books if you don’t want to buy the real paper ones. Her blog is titled Still Alive and features some brilliant techniques like making images with textures created by transferring negatives from a printed transparency medium onto paper using mod podge. I haven’t had a chance to check out her books, but I believe they have more techniques in them as well.
Streets of Los Angeles
Streets of New York
Streets of America
The real L.A.
Coloring the streets
The streets are alive
No rules. street photography
Photography location: the big cities of America
Photography style: non-photography (no rules. street photography)
Photography education: none
Influences: none
Began to photograph: 2000
Why: To challenge the superficial myth of Los Angeles
Objective: searching for the real America
Future goal: photographing and documenting life in every major city in the US.
Camera: whatever
Recommended photography books: none
What I appreciate most about Nista’s work is that it’s not cynical. So many street photographers focus on the ugliness of the world, she makes you feel like a casual observer taking a stroll through the city.
You can find her on flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nitsaa/
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