Day 702
The weapon of art
Ruslan Lobanov has been making pictures for more than two decades and shot erotic stories all over the globe. The 42-year old Donetsk native is not a war correspondent or a photo journalist: he specializes in staged photography.
Lobanov has created numerous calendars over the years and published critically acclaimed books, including Nudes in the City, The Wrong Door, and Chateau. His latest book is titled Wartime Sketches.
We sat down with Lobanov on Reitarska St. in downtown Kyiv on a cold wet evening in late January to discuss his latest project, war and future plans.
Q: What’s the connection between your Wartime Sketches, you and The Great War?
A: Wartime Sketches is about optimism. If you look carefully at the photographs in the book, the message is not sexual. Even the photos of fully naked women can’t be called excessively provocative. I realized that coming up with a concept for the book addressing the war directly would not work. We live in the modern wor…
