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Stories behind pictures
  Every photograph has its story. Some stories are more interesting, some less, but every photograph has one. Here we will gather stories behind photographs that are somehow extraordinary. Stories, which often reveal the backstage, change the perspective and give the photographs a different meaning.
 

 

After a long search, I actually picked a photograph that was 15 years old. It was for a job order, meant for the cover page of a periodical. In those days, Disco land Sylvie (named after the owner’s daughter), owned by Mr. Jonák, was frequently occupied by the ‘elite’ of the decade, along with Karel Gott, Lucie Bílá, Paľo Habera, Petr Janda, the ex-minister of culture Jandák and many more. Many parties and celebrations ended there, album release parties took place quite often, simply speaking; it was the place to be seen and noticed.    

Příběh fotografie


In 2004 I photographed in Romania. At the time I was still shooting on film. I had all films cut from roll film and placed in unmarked cassettes. After exposing a film I took the cassette out of the camera and labeled it with a thick felt tip pen, placed it inside a box, sealed it up and put it to the other side of my camera bag. A sure system of avoiding double exposing films that were already exposed once.    

Příběh fotografie


Last spring one of my many children’s dreams came true: to become a circus performer. At the beginning of their tour, my dreamt-of Circus Humberto came to Znojmo.    

Stories behind pictures


The photograph I would like to tell you about may seem ordinary to some of you, but for one girl it meant a major change in her life. I took this photograph ten years ago in the town of Baška on the island of Krk off the Adriatic coast.    

Stories behind pictures


Just as a motorbike is sometimes a motorcycle or tunes are music, in shooting there are also moments, when shooting seems more like photographing. By this I mean moments that are bound not to occur again in the near future and thus mere words do not suffice. True, I am primarily a fashion and commercial photographer but I just could not say no to this photography boon.    

Stories behind pictures


A question comes to mind, how many of us men, when we were still little boys, played Indians? We would hardly find someone like that! Myself, I naturally played an Indian too and I have to admit that I always wanted to be the chief. For that matter, that never changed. I still have that today. At the time I would never suspect that one day, I would meet a real Native American in person and even less that we would become friends with a capital F.    

Stories behind photographs


Granny Ben 31.12.2009 More
It actually isn’t as much a story of a photograph as it is a story of an old and lonely woman and her small dog. The whole thing took place about ten years ago in one neighborhood in Southern Bohemia in the middle of blocks of panel houses.    

 Stories behind photographs


I have long been convinced that camera and a good eye are not the only things that make for good photography. The best images need a little more. They need an unrepeatable moment, courage, and sense of light. Yet at the same time, it is sometimes good to avoid all thoughts about equipment, setting up, or staging the model in any way. One must simply press the release button at the right time at the right place. I am happy that I have taken several such photographs in my life. The one I would like to introduce to you today definitely belongs among them.

   

 Stories behind photographs


Two truths 22.12.2009 More

The photograph I would like to tell you about today seemed not nearly as ambitious when it was born as it does today! It captures two elderly ladies in wheelchairs that are united certainly by more than just dark colored nurses. For instance, they are tied together by a passion for fashion trends--at least that’s how I see it.

   

 Stories behind photographs


   

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