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At the very end of the year, silver and gold from the "New York photography Awards" for the series from Circus Humberto in the photojournalism category. This series has already won so many awards, including the image of Chapa the clown in IPA2024, that there is not much to add - in short, great photography, great people and atmosphere, and…

I close the year 2024 by winning the Budapest International Awards with a film by the great Janusz Russek-Mr Chap of Cirkus Humberto. More than the joy of the prize I am happy to remember the shoot, one of the best experiences of this year thanks also to Jay Spring. I'm heading to Budapest in two weeks for the Christmas…

A joint project with Michaela Jetelinová - there was a lot and a lot, one lens would not be enough for it all. ---- We talk for a while with a guy who says he's been with the circus since he was 15: "I didn't learn anything, they taught me everything," he motions to the bar behind which the principal…

Gold medal for black and white photography together with Kinga Verena Jeż and the overall winner of the portrait category Adéla Hrnčálová...EPA (European Photography Awards) are not nearly what IPA is, although it sounds quite similar, but I am still really happy

Do you know where the dancers carry the grape sugar so that they don't faint during the roughly two-hour parade, which is preceded by demanding preparations? Yeah, I already know. Brazilfest 2024 in the heart of Brno. Dancers, drummers, an allegorical float. Unfiltered joy. So today, the first part of this little documentary from a hot summer afternoon...

International Photography Awards. IPA. One of the three most prestigious competitions for photographers, often compared to the Oscars. 79 judges - photographers, journalists from the most prestigious newspapers and magazines, gallerists and others. I entered four photographs and one series this year - for me the ultimate discipline, where you have to find the perfect balance between image and text…

Silver! International Photography Awards - IPA. Considered among other photo competitions as a kind of photo Oscars, one of the three most prestigious. I shared here a partial, but for me very significant achievement - all five photographs made it to the shortlist "IPA Selection", from which the really best of the best were selected. And the final result? 2x…

This photo from the Prague market in Holešovice got almost a thousand likes on FCB. Opening of the performance of Cirque Entre Nouse within the festival "Behind the Door". Let's see if it will be the TOP picture of this year or not.

The clown statue from London arrived via Fedex and is now sitting on the shelf. I was very happy to win in the very available category "Portrait".

In the storytelling section you will find images taken at the Cabaret des Peches in Brno, specifically the bakstage group Crazy Cabaret and their raunchy performance "Cabaret of Sin"...so let's go for it...