A lecture by Dmitry Brickman – RU

Date: 9.4.2026, 18:30

A lecture by Dmitry Brikman "Photo Translations"

Photography is rarely unambiguous. Between the image and the viewer there is always a space - a pause in which meaning is not explained but experienced. It is precisely this interval, this “in-between”, that the lecture “Photo Translations” is devoted to.
Dmitry Brikman proposes viewing photography as a special form of translation - not of text or music, but of their inner, emotional semantics. Photo translation does not replace words and does not illustrate them. It allows us to see what remains hidden between letters or sounds - and therefore is inevitably multivalent.
We understand the same words differently because we think within different systems of coordinates. An image - a road, a tree, a river, a line of the horizon - can be grasped immediately, without explanation. Each in their own way. This is the paradox of photo translation: the viewer does not see a “correct” meaning or the author’s intention, but their own translation - honest, personal, sometimes unexpected.
The lecture will explore how photography helps us hear a text differently, how an image becomes a mode of thinking, and why in working with images it is not exact semantic correspondence that matters, but inner resonance. This is not a discussion of technique or genres, but of perception, attention, and trust in one’s own way of seeing.
During the lecture, Dmitry Brikman will speak about photo translation through examples of his own work, present photographs and photo films, and in dialogue with the audience will attempt to “bring the focus” together - not onto technique, but onto imagery and inner response.
This is not a masterclass and not an academic lecture, but a thoughtful conversation about how we see, understand, and feel.
The lecture will be held in Russian.

Practical information:
Admission is free.
Registration is required https://forms.gle/o56RRXaerjEqJZxz7 
Venue: Beseder Gallery.