Photography of sand dunes has brought us to a rare world of dignified calmness. Other senses hardly compromise our sight; all distractions of our reality disappear. Being there is an abstraction from the continuous entropy of life, resulting in a simple and clean harmony.
As the recognizable world dissolves in abstraction, the image comes to work on one's mind like a fragrance or a piece of music, eluding rational understanding and revealing itself fully only as a feeling.
Photography of sand dunes, creative edit.
Over the last decades, Marek—a photographer for more than 40 years—has shifted his photographic technique from manual analog B&W to digital color photography. Marek creates a unique photography body of work from their journeys in Death Valley and Abu Dhabi deserts. The sophisticated image processing highlights colorful shapes and pure lines with breathtaking harmony.
Marek has presented solo exhibitions at international venues in Zurich (CH), Bern (CH), Barcelona (ESP), Campione (IT), London (UK), Prague (CZ).
Awards 21sth Pollux Awards (2023), Winner in the Professional – Cityscape category
Winner of the Fotonostrum Magazine Awards, January 2024
20th Pollux Awards (2023), Winner in the Professional – Abstract category
19th Pollux Awards (2023), Winner in the Professional – Abstract category
1st Place IPA 2023, Winner in the Professional – Fine Art, Abstract category
Winner Prague International Art Exhibition 2023 – Photography category
Third Place in the contest Luminosity, New York Center for Photographic Art, 2023
Shortlist RPS IPE 165, 2023
First Place in the contest Wandering Curves, New York Center for Photographic Art, 2021
Jury TOP 5 Selection International Photography Awards 2021
Shortlist Art Gemini Prize 2022, 2021
Silver Awards:
- Neutral Density Photography Awards 2022
- International Photography Awards 2022, 2nd Place
- Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2022
- Budapest International Foto Awards 2021
- Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021
- Moscow International Foto Awards 2021
Bronze Awards:
- Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2022
- Tokyo International Foto Awards 2020
Honorable Mention (Nominee, Finalist, Particular Merit Mention):
ND Awards (2022, 2021), IPA (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020); Siena Creative Awards (2022, 2021); AllAboutPhoto (2022), FAPA (2022, 2021,2020); Px3 (2022, 2021, 2020); APA (2022, 2021, 2020); MIFA (2021); BIFA (2022, 2021); TIFA (2022, 2021, 2020); VIPA (2021); One Eyeland (2020), Photo is Light (2020)
