Ihor Haidai
Ihor Mykolaiovych Haidai (Ukrainian: Ігор Миколайович Гайдай born January 22, 1961, in Kharkiv[1][2]) is a Ukrainian photo artist and one of the initiators of the National Union of Photographers of Ukraine.[3]
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Alma mater | Kyiv I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theater Institute |
Website | photogaidai |
Biography
In 1985, he graduated from the Kyiv I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theater Institute with a degree in cinematography. Igor Gaidai's graduation work was the short film "Dragon" (based on the novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury), which won an award at the Kyiv International Film Festival "Molodist" (1984).[1][2][3][4][5]
He worked as a teacher of photo composition and lighting at the Department of Film Directing at the Kyiv I. К. Karpenko-Kary Institute (1984-1986), and as a photographer at the Dovzhenko Film Studios (1987—1991). Until 2002, he worked with many advertising agencies.[1][2][3]
In May 2023, a unique photograph by Ihor Haidai, "Soldiers of the Azov Regiment. Mariupol" was sold for $12,500 at a charity auction at the National Center Ukrainian House.[6]
Creativity
In 1991 he founded his own photo studio. Since 1995, he has been the founder, co-owner and art director of Gaidai Studio LLC.[1][2][3][7]
He has written the photo books "Ukrainians: The beginning of the third millennium" (2003).,[8] "9 months + 3 days" (2008), "Razom.ua" (2011)[1][2][3][9]
Solo exhibitions have occurred in Heinsberg (1991), Toulouse (1993, 2008), Kyiv (1994, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019), Leipzig (1996), Wrocław (2004), Geneva (2005), Vienna (2006, 2009), Donetsk (2008), Dnipropetrovs'k (2008), Lviv (2009, 2011, 2014), Minsk (2009), Arles (2010, 2011), Paris (2010, 2013), London (2011, 2014), Metz (2011, 2013), Angers (2011), Moscow (2013), Berlin (2014),[10] Pärnu (2014), New York (2014), Zaporizhzhia (2014), Chernivtsi (2014), Chernihiv (2014), Ivano-Frankivsk (2015), Hofburg (2015), Innsbruck (2015, 2020), Grunewald (2015), Frankfurt/Oder (2015), Odesa (2021), Kutaisi (2022), Strasbourg (2022).[3]
References
- Ігор Гайдай, my.рейтинги.
- Гайдай Ігор, Мітєц.
- Про, Gaidai.
- Хотин, Р. «Разомність» фотомистецтва Ігоря Гайдая, BBC News Україна, 04.03.2011.
- Ігор Гайдай: Фотографія може зупинити час, 24 канал, 01.07.2012.
- У Києві фотографію «Бійці полку АЗОВ. Маріуполь» Ігоря Гайдая продали за рекордну суму, Вечірній Київ, 13.05.2023.
- Шандро, В. Цікавіше, ніж мистецтво, — Ігор Гайдай про фотографію , Громадське радіо, 26.08.2018.
- Ігор Гайдай: Фотографія — це творче дослідження життя, УП. Життя, 16.07.2014.
- Марченко, Ю. Ігор Гайдай: «Для мене немає нічого цікавішого, ніж дійсність», Platforma, 20.03.2015.
- Волкова, О. Фотограф з Майдану показав Берліну «Обличчя свободи», DW, 06.06.2014.
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