‘Gracka e fotografise’
Nga Leon Çika

Pergezoj iniciatoret e Projektit 5.6, pedagoget dhe studentet si pjese e tij, per mbarevajtjen dhe vlefshmerine profesionale, qe e tregoi se fundmi puna e diplomave te studenteve. E them kete, pasi ne fillim pati nje frike profesionale, ku shume aktore do te merrnin pjese; por me kalimin e muajve u pa qe jo vetem nuk deshtoi, por konkludoi si sukses, dhe kjo si pasoje e pasionit te pedagogeve, pjesmarrjes se studenteve dhe seriozitetit te organizatoreve.
  Personalisht ndjehem mire, sepse eshte hera e pare qe sudentet fillojne nje pune individuale, qe nga bazat elemenare dhe njekohesisht profesionale, per te kuptuar thjesht dhe me dashuri se ç’eshte fotografia.
   Kur them kete, kam parasysh “pinhole”, fillesat e fotografise shume shekuj me pare. Studentet u perfshine emocionalisht, duke ndertuar aparatet e tyre pa lente, me gjithfare mjetesh qe i rrethonin, dhe krijuan me to fotografi shume te bukura emocionalisht dhe nga ana kompozicionale. E them kete se shume nga fotografite e tyre qendrojne denjesisht krahas fotove te kolegeve te tyre pinholista ne gjithe boten.
Me zhvillimet e teknologjise dixhitale dhoma e erret po shkon drejt harreses per shume fotografe profesioniste dhe amatore, por “rikthimi” ne te i beri studentet te dimensionohen ndryshe ne boten e vertete te fotografise, ku emocionalisht ata dhane dhe po japin fotografi shume te bukura.
Sibeli me fotografine autoportret ne rrugicen e vjeter, Blerta me natyre te qete ne ambientet e shkolles, Eva dhe Lida me tendencen e nje posteri ‚5.6’ perpara nje porte te vjeter tiranase, si dhe Keti me autoportretin e saj. Kontra-drita me rrugicen e vjeter, sollen nje jete te shprehur disi ndryshe permes pinholeve te tyre. Dhe c’ka eshte me e rendesishme per gjithe marredhenien e tyre me fotografine ne vazhdim, kjo praktike qe e vlefshme se ata qe ne fillim u ndjene fotografe, dhe kjo nuk eshte pak per t’u kapur ne “gracken e fotografise”, sic thone fotografet e vjeter.

‘Photography trap’
by Leon Çika

I want to felicitate the initiators of the Projekt 5.6, trainers and students as part of it, for the professional values and results, a fact shown in the diplomas exhibition, at January 2008.

I am saying that, because of my professional fear in the very beginning, because of the fact that a lot of ‘actors’ were involved; but after some months it was clear that the project did not fail. On the contrary the final result was a success, because of the trainers’ passion, enthusiasm of people involved in the project, and students; and because of a serious attitude by the organizers.  

Personally I felt well, even because for the first time students begin to work individually for understanding what photography is, starting from the first elementary steps.

Talking about first steps I mean ‘pinhole’, the beginnings of photography before centuries. Emotionally involved, the students build their ‘first photo cameras’ without lens, using all kind of materials they could handle. Then they realized black and white pretty photographs, well composed and full of emotions. Most of the photos they did could easy stand alongside the pinhole photos of their colleagues form all round the world.
The digital technology is going up and less and less professional or amateur photographers are thinking to use a dark room. Their ‘return’ to the beginnings made students to recreate their entry to the real photography word by doing good photos:
Sibel and her self portrait in front of an old road; Blerta and her still life in the school areas, Eva and Linda and their photo-like poster 5.6 in front of an Tirana old gate, and Keti with her self portrait as well. Heavily back-lit photos in an old road brought up through the pinhole a differently expressed nowadays life.