honorable mention
Martin Stranka czech republic
Photo © Martin Stranka
title
Holes In The Sky
During the last years he has won over 80 major international photography awards from different competitions, including title Special Photographer of the Year from International Photography Awards™ held in New York at Carnegie Hall, Sony World Photography Awards awarded in London, APA Photographer of the Year, Nikon International Photo Contest and Prix de la Photographie Paris. Martin's works were exhibited and auctioned by the leading auction house Christie's in London. His solo and group exhibitions have been seen from South and North America, through Europe, all the way to Asia. His photographs have been exhibited in places such as New York, Basel, Tokyo, London, Miami, Paris, Prague, Hong Kong, Kiev and many more. Martin's work was presented in galleries such as Christie's London, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Saatchi Gallery or SNAP! Orlando.
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entry description
It was an ordinary day we spent together. We were laughing a lot, enjoying life and sunny day. Then I found this little dead bird. It was a contrast which only nature can show you. I started thinking about life. In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence. So I rose my head and looked at the sky again. There has been a new hole in the sky from now.about the photographer
Martin Stranka, a native of the Czech Republic who lives in Prague, is a self-taught professional photographer, born on April 13 1984. Martin was a bored student plodding through courses in business school when the unexpected lost of a close friend led him to pursue photography as a form of therapy. That hobby turned into a passion and, eventually, a profession. His distinctive vision of photography is etched as a unique space located in a balance and serenity, while his sophisticated and rewarding images exist in that narrow window of a few seconds between dreaming and awakening. Martin creates images that appear to be stills from a film — one that walks the line between fantasy and reality. Stranka explores our fascination with the incomplete narrative: ‘in these deliberately visually unfinished stories I seek the boundary between visual appeal and a dramatic scene,’ he has written.During the last years he has won over 80 major international photography awards from different competitions, including title Special Photographer of the Year from International Photography Awards™ held in New York at Carnegie Hall, Sony World Photography Awards awarded in London, APA Photographer of the Year, Nikon International Photo Contest and Prix de la Photographie Paris. Martin's works were exhibited and auctioned by the leading auction house Christie's in London. His solo and group exhibitions have been seen from South and North America, through Europe, all the way to Asia. His photographs have been exhibited in places such as New York, Basel, Tokyo, London, Miami, Paris, Prague, Hong Kong, Kiev and many more. Martin's work was presented in galleries such as Christie's London, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Saatchi Gallery or SNAP! Orlando.
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