Exhibition in gallery Chagall, Ostrava 3.5.2010 - 30.6.2010
Sara Saudek - photos
Sara Saudkova
Born 1967 in the Czech Republic and graduated at University of Economics in Prague, Sara Saudkova is now living in Prague.
Saudkova was famous photographer Jan Saudek's 'right hand'. She worked as the host of a TV program and wrote before becoming the partner, model and manager of Jan Saudek.
As the Assistant of Jan Saudek he introduced her to Mystery of Photography:
"Master Jan taught me the Craft of Photography, for there no better School exists..."
Sara began taking her own pictures in Jan's studio in the late 1990s, and has shown a distinctive style while still working in similar territory to her teacher.
There is femininity and a remarkable tenderness in her work, which shows a very versatile approach, working in black and white with a Meopta Flexaret TLR or Praktisix SLR medium format camera. For more information and photographs of Sara Saudkova and Jan Saudek, please visit www.saudek.com
Exhibition Streetgallery
Miloslav Zmrzly
was born in 1969 in Ivancice (Czech Republic) - the birth place of Alfons Mucha. Since 1995 he entertains in professional photography and graphic design. In his large commercial and artistic portfolio can be found several awards such as Good design 99 (Czech Republic) for prints set of Southmoravian Gas Company or Silver and Bronze Award of IAM Tokyo (Japan) for photography. He is a member of Union of Visual Artist of the Czech Republic and International Association of Art/Unesco. It is an exception in present digital days that some photographers still working with the film and searching its new possibilities. Miloslav Zmrzly experiments with photo painting technique. The basis for each photo paints is interesting and creative photo shot taken on middle or large format film, mostly black & white negative or color slide. The shot must be perfect because its not possible to do radical changes of it in a computer as is usual in contemporary photography. Each frame of film is modified with colorizing by hand, acid etching, sandwiching etc. Sometime is one from these techniques used; sometime is used the combination of all.The film is scanned in high resolution after these modifications and printed on painters canvas. The canvas is stretched into a frame and finished by hand with oil colors.
Details, surfaces and shadows are enhanced and there can be added real or abstract motive.Other method is realization of limited editon of 10 prints (photopaper, RA-4 process). All artworks are signed and registered at international Fine Art Registry, labeled with a protective signs and provided with the certificateof authenticity. Modified with colorizing by hand, acid etching, sandwiching etc. Sometime is one from these techniques used; sometime is used the combination of all. The film is scanned in high resolution after these modifications and printed on painter's canvas. The canvas is stretched into the frame and finished by hand with oil colors.
Details, surfaces and shadows are enhanced and there can be added real or abstract motive. Other method is realization of limited edition of 10 prints (photo paper, RA-4 process). All artworks are signed and registered at international Fine Art Registry, labeled with a protective signs and provided with the certificate of authenticity. Website: www.milozmrzly.com
Exhibition in gallery Nova Košice
Sara Saudkova
Born 1967 in the Czech Republic and graduated at University of Economics in Prague, Sara Saudkova is now living in Prague.
Saudkova was famous photographer Jan Saudek's 'right hand'. She worked as the host of a TV program and wrote before becoming the partner, model and manager of Jan Saudek.
As the Assistant of Jan Saudek he introduced her to Mystery of Photography:
"Master Jan taught me the Craft of Photography, for there no better School exists..."
Sara began taking her own pictures in Jan's studio in the late 1990s, and has shown a distinctive style while still working in similar territory to her teacher.
There is femininity and a remarkable tenderness in her work, which shows a very versatile approach, working in black and white with a Meopta Flexaret TLR or Praktisix SLR medium format camera. For more information and photographs of Sara Saudkova and Jan Saudek, please visit www.saudek.com
The body which commands respect and envy
(newspaper Nový Čas, 23.9.2007)
Sara Saudkova
Born 1967 in the Czech Republic and graduated at University of Economics in Prague, Sara Saudkova is now living in Prague.
Saudkova was famous photographer Jan Saudek's 'right hand'. She worked as the host of a TV program and wrote before becoming the partner, model and manager of Jan Saudek.
As the Assistant of Jan Saudek he introduced her to Mystery of Photography:
"Master Jan taught me the Craft of Photography, for there no better School exists..."
Sara began taking her own pictures in Jan's studio in the late 1990s, and has shown a distinctive style while still working in similar territory to her teacher.
There is femininity and a remarkable tenderness in her work, which shows a very versatile approach, working in black and white with a Meopta Flexaret TLR or Praktisix SLR medium format camera. For more information and photographs of Sara Saudkova and Jan Saudek, please visit www.saudek.com