I stand alone in a darkened room. I absorb the atmosphere of the place. The silence. Reconciliation. Slowly, I get into motion. I watch the light, the shapes, while many empty eye sockets watch me. Bones and skulls are towering up. Witnesses of the ancient past. They speak of transience, of faith. They reveal the […]
Many of us tend to take only a couple of pictures of a subject before moving on. We may experiment with different angles and orientations, but usually do not devote too much time to a single subject. However, Miroslav Hlinka takes a different approach. For those familiar with his work, it is evident that he […]
From time to time, someone asks me about post-processing. How I edit and convert my photos to black and white. And how much time it takes me. I always just shrug my shoulders and reply that I don’t do anything complicated with the photo, no hours of editing. It’s always a matter of minutes. And […]
One of the places I regularly return to take photographs, one of my long-term series, is an old bridge, but not so old that it can be described as historic. It’s not a sumptuous monument but a place of interest to me. Let’s take it from the beginning. There used to be a military area […]
From time to time, I have taken pictures of cemeteries, but never with the idea of creating a complete series. That changed some time ago, and so I went from thought to action.
Thank you for the opportunity to write about my photography journey. My name is Miroslav Hlinka, and I come from the Czech Republic from a small town, Vrbno pod Pradědem in the Jeseníky Mountains, but now I live in Pardubice. Since childhood, I have been interested in pictures, not yet photography, but mainly illustrations in […]