Born in 1971 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

I came to photography when I was 24 and acquired as my very first camera a beautiful Practica BCA, but the real gate to the world of photography opened for me when I moved to a large 4x5" format Linhof Kardan camera. Next, I acquired a Pentax Asahi for my work with advertising photography, however my absolute favorite and constant friend is my beloved Hasselblad H1D 22 MPX.

The most important inspiration for me has always been the power and magic of light. I learned the true meaning of the word photography as literally the drawing of light. Ever since this intimate discovery I have seen and see the light. Everywhere. All 24 hours of it. I always see natures astounding and beautiful existence clothed in its infinite wardrobe of lighting.

In the beginning I could not afford professional lighting equipment so I was forced to create my own, which I still use and prefer. It changed my vision of the world around me, allowing me to perceive so many things which are normally invisible to our biological perceptions. Truths hiding just out of sight. New visions, new versions of reality which nature teases us to discover so that we can be witnesses to the infinities of perception and existence.

After what seems like an era of advertising and artistic photography, the door to Feng Shui and its magic world of 'seeing energy' opened for me. It here that I find myself now. Adding to the forces of light, the invisible but more encompassing forces of living energies. Energies which create and are created by light, shadow and life itself.

Instead to show artificial emotions, very often seen in commercial photogrphy, I have started to work with true emotios of people who are photograhed. I simply folow the energy and people’s stories. On my images you can see real suffering, real love, sensitivity and gentleness. It reflects current state of person who is photographed and offer a valuable mirror of his / her feelings. This style of photography offer many times a transformation of pain and personal injuries for people wo get trought and I grab it with my soul and my Hasselblad.

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