CONTACT: bredak79@gmail.com

I am a freelance amateur photographer and art lover. I was born 1979 in Cheb, Czechia... currently based in Provence, France. I started taking photo in 2002. In my art-work I focus exclusively on three photographic theme: nude / portrait / abstract.

My photos are classical and old-fashioned.. taken without any computer or photoshop tricks, photo manipulations, AI or anything of that sort. My work is the result of optical illusion, reflection, play of lights, props and decorative accessories.

All my photos are taken in a RAW digital format.. subsequently processed in basic primitive Raw Therapy program where only brightness and contrast are finely edited (just like in a darkroom for analog photography).. then they are converted to JPG format.. and finally printed on a high-quality Hahnemuhle baryta photo-paper.

Always black and white and always photographed vertically.. with a strong artistic impression - quite often resembling paintings rather than photographs - decorative, dreamy, poetic, semi-abstract, avant-garde, unrealistic and slightly surreal.. that's exactly how I love it!

"A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others"  -  Salvador Dalí

AWARDS:

2025 Monochrome Photography Awards: honorable mention / category: fine-art amateur (single nude photo)

2022 Monovision Photography Awards: honorable mention / category: fine-art series (8 nude photos)

2021 Monochrome Photography Awards: honorable mention / category: nude amateur (single photo)

2021 Monochrome Photography Awards: honorable mention / category: portrait amateur (single photo)

2004 magazine Revue-Photo Awards: honorable mention / category: nude amateur (2 photos)

2003 magazine Revue-Photo Awards: honorable mention / category: nude amateur (single photo)