Using various types of portrait (front full-length polufigurny chamber, situational plot or given to conventionally abstract background) Iohanson clearly tends toward poetic and romantic and subjectively experienced interpretation of the image, rather than to his journalistic and objective reportage photo documentation. And often, these portraits are interfaced not only with the world of a particular person, but unconsciously relate to more general themes and meditations on the problems of age, generational change, about loneliness and understanding of the talent and his destiny, about the daily hustle and the sublime inspiration of tradition and modernity about the life and work.
Such visual "picture thinking" Iohansona successfully complemented by remarks on the art portrayed themselves, they left behind in the form of entries on the sheets of the album. Among the most substantial and intensive examples include the words S. Zhukovsky: "The artist - the creator only as long as the lost ability to love." Clearly and concisely articulates his thoughts Gerasimov: "High Art - objectively." Courageous and selfless creative position sounds in the words of S. Romanovich: "And in a small shop, you can write beautiful things."
As a result, images of Russian artists, performed by Latvian photographer Robert Iohansonom, became not only a unique collection of excellent quality photographs and negatives, but have found full-scale value of the monumental portrait of Russian art, is not seen through the prism of its component pieces, and the concept through the thoughtful "fotopriobschenie" to the complex spiritual world of its creators.
Elena Gribonosova-Grebneva