24/04/2024
By
Peter Korček
Walking with a Camera
Abstract In his work, the author primarily focuses on the urban landscape and its impacts on human life. His entire documentary work is linked by a unified authorial idea. In the “Jungle City” cycle, he works with the visual counterpart of the current form of the
24/11/2023
By
Jutta Fischel, Konrad Stania
Mindful Observers
Abstract The importance of services running in the background is often overlooked. Museum wardens assume such a role. This project focuses on them. It works using the means of photography, interviews and the respectful design of the presentation of the project results in a gallery. Key words Documentary.
24/11/2023
By
Anton Baša
Photographs
Abstract Architecture and man – these are the two most important supporting motifs in the over 20 years long photographic work of Anton Baša. The relationship to both of these subjects is deeply rooted in his personality. Colourful work is very characteristic for the author, gradually
24/11/2023
By
Anna Safronova, Camil Mihaescu, Olena Safronova, Valeriy Safronov
The Specific Characteristics of the Creativity of Alexander Chekmenev in the Concept of the Development of Social Documentary as a Significant Part of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Photography
Abstract Social documentary photography is one of the key genres that Ukrainian artists use for creating a series of works presented in the form of a photo book or as an independent project. Among the most prominent representatives of this direction, Alexander Chekmenev and the members
24/11/2023
By
Rastislav Rusnák
In Search of Rosie Ney: A Life Reflected Through the Lives of Others
Abstract This study examines a brief period in the lives of four artists: František Foltýn and Gejza Schiller, two of the most renowned figures in the Košice Modernist movement, the author Béla Illés, and the main character, the photographer Rosie Ney. Several sources have suggested that the
05/05/2023
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Tales Frey
The Body is Pivot
Abstract Contradicting the scenario full of images and the frantic pace of succession of information from the current consumer society and its technologies, since 2006 – when Tales Frey conceived the work “O Beijo” in partnership with the artist Cristine Ágape – he has created a
05/05/2023
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Lenka L. Lukačovičová
Everyday Life in Various Slides and the Constant Carousel of Art
Abstract The philosophy of Lenka L. Lukačovičová’s work is based on her interest in our cultural and personal identity, collective memory, but also problems with functioning, and problems associated with current situations in the area where she works. The presented portfolio shows her broad interest scale, which
30/11/2022
By
Kamil Varga
Spiritual Expressionism or Dynamic Meditation?
Abstract Kamil Varga is a significant Czechoslovak photographer based in Prague, Czech Republic and one of the key figures of the photographic group Slovak New Wave. The author’s work has changed over the years. This portfolio attempts to show his key moments. He created his first works
30/11/2022
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Robo Kočan
Journeys to Parallel Worlds
Abstract The portfolio of the visual artist and photographer Robo Kočan, who is based in Poprad, Slovakia, presents a selection of his artwork. He belongs to the prominent representatives of the second new wave of Slovak photographers, who in the 1990s intervened strongly not only in the
30/11/2022
By
Marian Beneš
Scenology of the Digital Image
Abstract On the one hand the world of digital imaging is a continuously changing organism of almost unlimited creative possibilities. On the other hand, it is a very complicated environment full of technological systems and processing and production standards. The goal is to give to those
16/05/2022
By
Petra Cepková
Transience of All Things
Abstract Within the horizontal level of perception of the world (the sphere of intellect) and the vertical sphere of the heart, the study is an analytical examination and questioning of the photographical medium essence across various views from areas of philosophy, theology, semiology, and visual culture.