-          Jānis Vēliņš
-          Photography
-          Born in Jurmala

Since 2009 studies Multimedia design and communication program in Business Academy Aarhus, Denmark. Participant of International Summer School of Photography 2008 and 2010 and went through a photography course in Photoacademy, Riga on 2008. Plus a lot of smaller events and creative workshops.

I like to observe the world. Mostly through a frame – let it be analogue or digital, 35mm, mid-format, 6×6 or video. I love to keep diversity – one day I could be shooting staged photography on digital, the next day I’d be thinking of ideas for documentary photography with my film camera. It’s because these worlds are too interesting to choose only one. And why to limit yourself, eh?

I get inspired by people around me. By those whose personalities and works can become good examples or rolemodels, by those who are not backing down and are saying “Hey, let’s do this!”. And positive thinking – I can’t stand haters and negativity. Those are deff the most important inspirations for me. If we talk more about in means of photography then these are stories, series that inspires me the most, not single from context ripped out image.

Don’t have any “favourite single song” right on the moment. Since I recently lost my music archive, I just love the idea of http://stereomood.com – perfect for me last two months.

You can find him at: janisvelins / blog / flickr / twitter /  vimeo