The Series â??Absolutely Fabulous Timeâ?? depicts social landscapes of Mediterranean beaches, off-season, during the winter, after dark. We normally tend to relate these public spaces to our summer memories and remember them as vivid and crowded places. I found them equally attractive during the night, off-season. Either it was a stormy night in December, or a calm, cold freezing night in January, I was always allured to the nocturnal, less familiar face of these sites. Having been just a silent listener, I could easily immerse in the place like I have never done during the day. Then, I use available ambient light, the moonlight and long exposures to reveal scenes that sometimes cannot be perceived with the naked eye. Such night scenes â?? inherently theatrical themselves â?? make all the benches and pine trees, parasols and beach showers together look like a large stage set by the sea, abandoned, or left for the next performance. Or, the next season.
David Jakelic
photo.davidjakelic.com
The core of my photography depicts fragments of architecture and fleeting moments of everyday life on the streets of Mediterranean cities and towns. It is a vivid mix of ancient and modern that makes these places so special. As the new urban areas meet old cobbled streets and stone-built alleys, so does the traditional way of life meet the contemporary urban culture. That's the place where I live.
Biography
Born 1965 in Sibenik; lives in Split, Croatia
Exhibitions
2012: Group Exhibitions
Viridian Artists Gallery, New York
Worldwide Photography Biennial Exhibition, Buenos Aires, Argentina
PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, US
FK Split Gallery, Split, Croatia
2011: Group exhibitions in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Macedonia, Malta, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United States
Awards
IPA 2011 - Honorable Mention in Architecture/Cityscapes for the collection "Urban Fragments"
Sony WPA 2011 - Sony World Photography Awards - Commended Photographer
WPGA 2011 - The Pollux Awards: 2nd Prize in Still Life and Honorable Mention in Architecture, July 2011
WPGA 2011 - The Pollux Awards: 2nd Prize in Cityscapes, August 2011
WPGA 2011 - The Interregional Photographic Competition - Honorable Mention
Photographer's Forum Magazine - 31st Annual Spring Photography Contest - Finalist
Dalmatinski koluri 2011, Dubrovnik, Croatia - Juror's Prize
Island and Sea - 16th International Exhibition of Photography, Croatia - Honorable Mention
