A cinematographer, art director, photographer, and videographer from Romania creates under the alias of lemonboiii.
His portfolio is dedicated to storytelling through various mediums with one common point—using art as a shield. In the shadows, the artist can be as honest or as cryptic as he pleases, without subjecting himself to the vulnerability of exposure.
He stays away from the eye of the camera, turning it instead to others. He treats photography almost as a service to his subjects: “I love to see people embrace their natural beauty. […] They can look at themselves in the pictures and say, ‘Wow, is this really how I look like?’ […] It’s another thing when it’s about actually seeing yourself from the outside and just discovering how pretty you can be in your day-to-day life. That’s what my mission is.”
Dabbling in a multitude of mediums—from visual arts and videography to electronic music—lemonboiii’s attention is divided between an inherent need to create and an indecisiveness regarding which medium to use to bring his art to life. We see the candid chrysalis stage of an artist eager to share his vulnerabilities, at times overcome by a cumulative feeling of doubt, nostalgia, and rebellion—a muffled, inner struggle.
Read our “Camouflage” issue in full
RAWGUE.’s 4th issue delved into the grey, moody, and cold atmosphere of winter. Yet it did not sink into the depths of madness or depression. Instead, it embraced this season of hibernation, allowing 31 artists from all over the world to present their timid work beneath a veil of quiet beauty.
We’re a team of writers using our craft to spotlight art in its most honest form. RAWGUE. started as a bi-monthly editorial experiment where each issue’s theme is dictated by the submitted work, thus removing editorial bias from the equation and preserving a more raw approach. We focus on all forms of poetry: written, photographed, painted, drawn, and filmed.
