{"id":27520,"date":"2024-06-21T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=27520"},"modified":"2025-01-08T04:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:13:33","slug":"interview-with-irina-lokteva-pikalova-from-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-with-irina-lokteva-pikalova-from-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Irina Lokteva Pikalova | The Keen-Eyed Photographer &#038; Graphics Artist from Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Irina Lokteva Pikalova, or among her peers: Irina Lopik is an experienced and keen-eyed Photographer &amp; Graphics Artist. Taking inspiration from a very early age from her father, she is a Product &amp; Food Photographer with a background in Communication and Graphic Design. Her visual narratives combine a distinctive colour touch with a conceptual graphic approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Irina Lokteva Pikalova p1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello! I am Irina Lokteva, alias Irina Lopik, a Photographer and Graphics Artist. My father inspired my photographic journey from a very early age. We used to have a red room set up in the bathroom with all the equipment and chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My early memories are full of magical moments when white paper transformed into black-and-white images. Though he wasn&#8217;t a professional photographer, my father had a keen eye for framing and composition, likely inherited from my grandmother, who was a textile designer in the USSR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">p2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While my design studies have shaped much of my work, those early influences are for sure part of my heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I completed a studio photography course during my design studies, and there&#8217;s a lot of graphic approach in my photographic work. I also studied 3D for Photography at FX Barcelona Film School and Set Design in Photography at LABASAD, Barcelona School of Arts and Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/irina_lopik\/\" class=\"broken_link external\"><i class=\"icon-instagram\" style=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irinalopik.com\/\" class=\"external\"><i class=\"icon-globe-line\" style=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irinalopik\" class=\"external\"><i class=\"icon-facebook\" style=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Interview with Anna Aldighieri capturing moments of everyday life&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=27505\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irina Lokteva Pikalova, or among her peers: Irina Lopik is an experienced and keen-eyed Photographer &amp; Graphics Artist. 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