THE WORLD OF ANATOLIY BUTYRIN

30.12.2011

Vesti Ekibastuza Newspaper, #52 dated December 29, 2011

New Year Vernissage                  

 

The local photo-artist Anatoliy Butyrin gladdened the art amateurs of Ekibastuz again. On the very eve of the New Year - 2012 - in the town historico-regional museum his personal photo-exhibition called “The World I Live in” was opened.

The participants of the solemn meeting devoted to the exhibition opening were the representatives of Ekibastuz town administration, Bogatyr Coal, LLP representatives, where Anatoliy Butyrin was working for many years, and also the pupils of the music school named after Glinka, and the town general public. All the speakers were speaking about the high mastership of the photo-artist and wishing him new creative success.

- This exhibition took place thanks to the support of General Director of Bogatyr Coal, LLP Victor Konstantinovich Shchukin, - Anatoliy says, - as the phase goes, he blessed me for this deed, he gave the so-called impulse for further searches and discoveries. I have a lot of plans in front of me. I think they all will come true.

Anatoliy Butyrin is a creative and magnificent photo-artist. He constantly searches for something unusual in everyday life. His pictures are real masterpieces. Each of them can be watched at for hours, one can admire the beauty of landscapes, ponder on a life sense.

His photo-works can be seen on the pages of different newspapers and magazines, including the regional newspaper called Zvezda Priirtyshiya. He considers the publishing of his picture called Kempir Tas made by him at Zhasybay in the popular glossy magazine DigitalPhoto as his first important achievement. Anatoliy takes an active part in exhibitions and contests. 2007 became an especially “fruitful” year for him: at the international photo-contest called “Golden Tortoise”, which took place in Moscow, he took Grand Prix and the golden statuette in the nomination of “Our Planet”, he became the winner of the award of the cultural project “My Motherland – Kazakhstan”, he held his first personal exhibition “Frame of Soul” in Ekibastuz town historico-regional museum. A year before his picture “The Revelation” was recognized as the winner of the photo contest “Uniquely Placed”, which was held by the world known firm - Sony. His work was among ten best pictures and published in the photo album “Uniquely Placed”, “Top-100”. Many of his pictures can be found in the published photo albums “Melody of Beauty”, “Mining Symphony”.

Several years ago his first personal exhibition took place in the memorial house-museum of the luminary of photography of Pavlodar Region Dmitry Bagayev. Last year one more of his personal exhibitions was held. The landscapes of Bayanaul were presented there. By its results Anatoliy Butyrin was awarded with a diploma of honors and medal named after Bagayev for the big contribution into development of photography. Over sixty pictures made in different genres were demonstrated there. Many of them became the part of the photo album called “Melody of Beauty”.

            For the past time Anatoliy Butyrin accumulated the substantial “luggage” of works. Just the little part of them were presented at the last personal exhibition called ‘The World I Live in”.

 

Vasiliy Matveyuk