“Thank You for the Good Humor and Optimism,”

The Day ’s traditional photo exhibitions have already been held, besides Kyiv, in Sumy, Lviv, Luhansk, and Nizhyn. On June 2 an exhibition of the best photos sent to the international photo contest, In the Light of Day (which our newspaper, together with the Kodak-Ukraine company, has been holding for two years in a row), was inaugurated in Zhytomyr, on the premises of the oblast research library. The exhibition venue is not accidental: this library is holding fast to the reputation of one of the oblast’s most popular cultural institutions, visited annually by about a thousand people. The residents of and visitors to Zhytomyr will be able to see “live” a total of 64 works by photo masters from various cities of Ukraine. No similar exhibition initiated by the media has been held in this oblast center for five, if not ten, years.

Among the numerous guests of the photo exhibition were leaders of artists’ and authors’ leagues, editors and journalists of local printed and electronic mass media, and top local officials. In particular, the function was greeted by deputy chairman of the oblast state administration, Ihor Rafalsky. There was no scarceness of the approving and even rapturous assessments of the exhibited works during the informal exchange of opinions after the ceremonial introduction. Naturally, Zhytomyr residents offered many words of praise to their fellow countryman, Serhiy Hlabchuk, whose photo “A Step into Business” was awarded the grand prix. Meanwhile, exclamations of the “What a wonder!” type were lavished not only on the winning works, for most visitors noted the high level of practically all the exhibited pieces of photo art. Then the guest book received its first entries. For example, an employee at the Zhytomyr State Literature Museum expressed her impressions in an elevated spirit: “Thank you for the good humor, optimism, for a minute of rapture and the joy of an inspired vision of the world you gifted me!”

...According to preliminary plans, the Zhytomyr exhibition will last for a month.

№019 June 13 2000 «The Day»
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