The ruins of Spiš Castle in eastern Slovakia form one of the largest castle-sites in Central Europe. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in the region known as Spiš. It was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1993. This is one of the biggest European castles by area 41 426 m².

The castle is also frequently used as a location for films, including Dragon heart (1996), Phoenix, Kull the Conqueror (1997), The Lion in Winter (2003) and The Last Legion (2006).

Spiš Castle and its surrounding is one of my favorite spots for shooting, so that's why one of my projects I dedicated to this well-known locality.

Category :       Landscape 

Both photographs were taken around 1973, on one of my wanders in my hometown.

Mona Lisa
Image of Mona Lisa was planned from the profile, using a telephoto lens. Just before pressing the shutter, girl suddenly turned towards me and smiled lightly.

Siblings
In this shot my attention attracted children playing in the backyard - brother and sister. I asked them to give me a moment. Boy firmly squeezed his sister's hand and with other grabbed for his falling pants.

Category :     Classic      People

Location: Military air base Malacky – Kuchyna

This picture was taken in 1970, maybe 1971 at the “Doors Open Day”. At that time I used medium format (6x6) twin-lens reflex camera Flexaret and photography was my hobby.

An army officer, standing before the airplane, was captain of the jet bomber. He was very friendly and funny guy. Later, after I read Joseph Heller’s book - “Catch 22”, I started envision him as Yossarian. He looked very much like him.

Although at this time the world was still in the midst of the Cold War, in Czechoslovakia was still possible to feel the delightful smell of freedom and lingering atmosphere of the Prague Spring of 1968. Even army officers, especially younger ones, were still very friendly and relaxed. And one of them was Yossarian.

I served my obligatory military service at the air base since 1969 to 1971, and worked as technician (telecommunications) 
as a part of the ground staff.

Category :   Classic      People

More than 40 years ago I tested my new telephoto lens. Subjects for the shooting were tits and the piece of bacon. One of exposures went out pretty good, so I decided to make the blow-up and send it to the magazine Život (Life) - at that time the top family magazine in Slovakia. The editors accepted photograph and printed it. Picture additionally carried label - pf 1974.

Take away point:

Don’t throw away any of your old negatives or RAW files. They can be surprisingly viable, even after decades.

Category :     Diary     Classic

My work Solitariness was featured with title “Solidão meditativa”on IDEAFIXA.
 
 
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