“Linger you now, you are so fair!” – wrote Goethe. He wasn’t a photographer, but he helped masters of cameras with the slogan and someone really use it. Looking at works of Lviv photo master Borus Hudyma, it’s clear that all best moments are in front of his camera: his wedding photos seems to be taken from Hollywood movies, and brides are titled models. He has his own secret: he can see beauty in small things. He sees it and shares with others on workshops. We are lucky: we were talking with Borys about the most important things in life
 
“I have an artistic education and I like painting with a pencil very much. Generally, my profession if craving, but it requires a lot of mess. Painting demands only still-life and untouched easel. It’s also impossible – it will definitely fall because of child. Making something from wood at home will be messy, so wife will be angry. Photography is the simplest and most accessible way of esthetic pleasure. I was presented small camera and then this activity appeared to be something more important to me”

“I’m from Lviv, which is a place of smells and interesting faces. It’s the city, where one can create, be impressed and inspired every day. Once you think: people come from very far parts of the world to see something you look at daily. When you start having a look with those people’s eyes, it becomes clear that you’re very privileged by living in such a city”

“Why do Lviv’s citizens adore their city? Talking about real Lviv’s dwellers, upbringing, culture and roots matter. I’m not a real one, I can only judge from my own point of view, because I have a connection to little different places. Being a native Lviv’s citizen is a kind of honor for your city. If I was a native, I’d tell you something more than that.”

“Mood is a strange thing. While being in one mood – you see these things, other mood – something different. I have good mood because of simple things, e.g. speaking with my son, being together. I’m very pleased to go somewhere or do something, or just drive to some place. I’m happy to take him to places, where I used to be as a child. I remember a field in front of granny’s yard, where we were playing football barefoot. It’s the place I played football with my son. Such things inspire me, bringing me back …”

“I’m often abroad. Recently, I’ve returned from Germany. I won’t like to live there. The grass is always greener on the other side of a fence.
Each country has its own pros and cons. I really won’t be able to live there, because I’m okay here and I don’t have a desire to go away”

“The most important things in life are son, family, being honest towards myself and others. Money is only a tool. It’s clear, when you don’t have it, it makes you feel uncomfortable, but when you have a lot – it spoils you. It must be as a tool. Everything is concentrated on relationship in my family, it’s very important. Peace in your soul, calmness, achieving set goals. Nowadays, I see that my childhood dreams are being made true in adult age.”

“What are the brightest childhood memories? Village yard, granny’s hands, me eating baked potatoes. Granny, village and all about life…”

“Nowadays youth grows up fast, and generation is different from the one that used to be. They think creatively, widely, from another side and have different approaches to simple things. It’s great!”

“Liosha Lubiahin is my old friend, who invited me. We were connected by tastes and photography. Photography is a visualization of tastes, but friendship – of understanding one another even without words. That is a very comfort without reasoning.”

“You should learn to be pleased by small things, do something useful. I’m really inspired to do something useful. You should set goals, which will always be there to help you achieve more. You’ll be eager to get more and widen your possibilities, find things, which will bring you emotional or esthetic satisfaction”

“Every town or village has its own places, which can inspire. Zhytomyr is an amazing city. There are things, which you can only see here, you should just look carefully and attentively”

“I’d like my son to be kind, wise and experienced person; the one, who knows how to make decisions and be better than me.”

Translated by Aliona Matushevich