Black and White Photography by Richard Vanek

Sitting here...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:07:43 -0400

Dear friend, sitting here in dark room early morning, cloudy sky and Peter Gabriel with Genesis songs are playing, I feel so energized. Most of the morning in last few weeks I was rather tired. This music is just pouring energy to my body. How unbelievable beautiful it is,...

Summer

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:14:29 -0400

It is now more than ten days, we have this really hot weather and it has not rained here for the same time. This is what I call summer. Working days are busy and weekend as well. Most of the time my mind is wondering wild in clouds and...

Last news from twitter

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:19:26 -0400

I am using the Twitter your extensively, but not too much for publishing small info. Like when I change something on web, when I add new image or when I find something interesting. Here is few last notes. If you like to get the from the first hand follow...

My last film for sale

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:43:33 -0400

In less than 24 hours this advertisement is not valid anymore, both of my film are sold now. I have some more analog stuff to sale. If you like to give me a offer, you may do so until I put them on eBay. I am planning to sale,...

Was or is it real?

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:01:40 -0400

Yesterday evening after very dull, hot and steamy day I was rather tired. When night took over, around eleven in night, I was called by Viera to take to the sky. There where very strange objects flying. Look like red orange fire behind something. That something I couldn't see....

More drama

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:57:33 -0400

Even week is getting in speed I had a little time today, to make one more image. This time with little more drama. Take a look....

One more

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:51:29 -0400

Today I am adding another candidate. Now I have four images which could possibly make it to the final set of Serene Mind series. I feel already that this week will be rather busy. So it may easily happen that I will write you back Friday or Saturday. If...

New images

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:21:31 -0400

Dear friend I have wrote some time ago that I have a huge set of images to work on for my Serene Mind series. I am attaching three I worked on this weekend. They are still in original full format and they will be probably cropped to square if...

Two weeks summary.

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:21:02 -0400

Dear friend, last few days were full of different things and actions. I have went to Slovakia, more for the holiday and visiting family than for Photography. As it usually goes with me I have met interesting people and at the end arranged something which I was looking for...

Spark of idea

Fri, 29 May 2009 02:32:28 -0400

Dear J,. after I spoke with you yesterday and we discuss all the possibilities one can look into it strikes me something. It was not immediately and I didn't realize it until today morning. On the fact it come back to my mind today morning has certainly influence also...

New project

Wed, 27 May 2009 16:41:56 -0400

I have just published first four images from new project called woman. It contains now only four images. It is a heavy selection from pre selection of few dozens, on which I worked on so far. There is more images certainly to come. In the same session I made...

Real World?

Tue, 26 May 2009 17:05:14 -0400

How that all started? Well today morning, again in car, I had was thinking about the statements and views I heard in my Sunday talks with gallery representatives. One issue which pops up more than twice was question: What do you like to say with your work? Looking around...

Serene mind reduction

Sun, 24 May 2009 15:01:05 -0400

I have made changes to the Serene Mind project today. I have removed some images, trying to keep the set more clean and more powerfull. Doing so I hope it becomes stronger. I still have rather huge amount of images from this series to go through and there is...

Talks

Sun, 24 May 2009 10:53:49 -0400

Dear friend, today I had talk with four important people in photo art world. I spoke with Esther Ruelfs; curator Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg Suzanne Dechert; Melkweg gallery Amsterdam Roy Kahmann; Kahmann gallery Anthon Beeke; graphic designer, visionary I have received a comments on my work and suggestion for the new...