Chill, coldness and emptiness. Struggling through and through a
wedding – a metaphor of a funeral. Terrifying sound of silence
between two pairs of eyes. Or is it uncertainty, fear and necessity?
Love is fleeting, nothing is eternal, even the tiniest consequence of a
wedding „I do“. Happy newlyweds are brought rings on a silver plate
and to those unhappy… a cream puff might be more appropriate.
Two people and two paths that meet and diverge again. Some will
cross each other, some will merge into one while others still pass each
other like everyday departures of buses from isolated stations.
Maybe these paths will meet again. At a different place and time.
What is important is to make the right decision so as even the
slightest piece of feeling was not buried.
(Series was taken by old Zenit camera, ORWO expired film - 1991)
Mach Lukas belongs to the sphere of young artists (born 1992) and in today’s documentary photography which prevails. He is one of the few actively engaged in staged photography with a considerable overlap to the conceptualism, which was on the rise in the early 70’s in then Czechoslovakia. His works can be characterized as if they were from different times than today. He use visual poetics strongly associated with the metaphor that he uses in all its series. This is in some way a key to understanding each of his series as a whole.
Awards 2018 – International Photography Awards™ – Honorable Mention (category Deeper Perspective), series „EXISTENCE“, New York (USA)
2018 – International Photography Awards™ – Honorable Mention (category Deeper Perspective), series „ONE WEDDING, ONE FUNERAL“, New York (USA)
2018 – PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS – 1.prize (category Portrait), series „ONE WEDDING, ONE FUNERAL“, Paris (FR)
2017 – Monochrome Photography Awards 2017 – Honorable Mention (category Portrait), series „IN THE MIDDLE“, (INTERNATIONAL)
2016 – 22. CZECH PRESS PHOTO – Nominations for the 1st prize, category Art - series ONE WEDDING, ONE FUNERAL, Prague
2016 – Galavečer UTB 2016 – Special award for photographic work, Zlín
2015 – 21. CZECH PRESS PHOTO – Canon Junior Awards - series ŽÍTKOVÁ, Prague
2015 – 21. CZECH PRESS PHOTO – Canon Junior Awards - series DOLLS, Prague
2015 – Ohlédnutí 2014 – Laureate award, Uherské Hradiště
2012 – Ohlédnutí 2011 – Jury award, Uherské Hradiště
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