Street Soul
6 to 20 June 2011
Blanka Sadilkova
The "Street Soul" exhibition is collection of
black & white portraits from all over the world and includes
Blanka's five years of work.
Portrait
photographer, member of the Czech Federation of Art Photography
(CFFU)
Born in the summer of '81 in the Czech
Republic, she inherited artistic genes from her grandfather, a
painter and a photographer.
"I like to listen to people, feel and hear
their inner beauty speaking to me. I don't want to photograph only
the reflection on the outer side, but I rather try to capture the
inner beauty, real emotion and if I really connect with the
individual, I will catch the soul in the photograph. My photos
capture the spiritual connection with the whole world around
me."
Blanka studied at The Photography Institute in
London and lived in London during years 2005 to 2009. She also
studied under the guidance of renowned photographers such as Robert
Vano, Nigel Wilson and Peter Ertl. Blanka portraited Pierce
Brosnan, Michael York and a number of other famous people.
The majority of her work abroad is in London,
New York and Los Angeles. She is a passionate traveler; you might
have seen her work on several exhibitions and in numerous
magazines, but her home is in the Czech Republic, where she runs
Infinity Images Photographic Studio.
Most of her abroad work is undertaken for The
Cinemagic Coca-Cola International Film Television Festival for
Young People.
She worked at their film festival in New York
February 2010 and during February 2011 she was with them in Los
Angeles during The Oscar Week, shooting in places such as the
Disney studios, Jim Henson's studios, Variety Magazine, HBO and in
Hollywood.
Her private project is Team Shaolin, which is
a group of young people living and practicing kung-fu and Buddhist
religion. It is a philanthropic organization founded by Matt Ahmet.
With Matt and his wife, Blanka spent the summer of 2008 in the
Shaolin temple in Henan province, China.
Her other private project is an association
with an orphanage in the Czech Republic