New Wave

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merging talent from Central and Eastern Europe

was presented on an exhibition titled New Wave
Photography, held at the Crypt Gallery, London from
18th - 26 th February 2012.
The atmospheric catacombs of St.Pancras Church,
Euston, venue of the gallery, hosted 11 young
photographers from 6 countries: Poland, Slovakia,
Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic.
The exhibition demonstrated a high-level of technical
ability as well as bold experimentation. Slovakian
photographer, Peter Cibak introduces computergenerated figures into digital photographs in his series
Zygota. Monika Stachos strikingly personal images
demonstrate digital layering to create illusionary
compositions of her childhood memories. Polish
photographer, Katarzyna Niedzwiecka combines digital
photomontage with gum print, a rare 19 th century
technique to create her surreal series The Animal Called
Human.
New Wave Photography challenges the perception of
Eastern European photography by displaying vibrant,
experimental work that celebrates the youthfulness of
the artists themselves.

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PETER CIBAK
Peter moved from Liptovsky Mikulas
to Bratislava to study photography
at the Academy of Fine Arts. He
graduated in 2011. In his work he
focuses on new technologies and their
impact on the photographic medium.
His series, Zygota depicts a power
relationship between administrator
and user.
This relationship unites virtual
reality and traditional photographic
images. I would like to point out that
cyberspace is not just an alternative
view of reality.

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LILI ZOE ERMEZEI

Lili was bornin1988 in Budapest.
She graduated fromthe Moholy Nagy
University of Art and Design, Budapest
with aMAdegree in Photography. Her
work has been shown at several solo
and group exhibitions in Hungary,
France, Germany, Luxembourg
and Lithuania. She lives and works
inHelsinki and Budapest.
Her series Body borders is a
photographic experiment about the
changing relationship between the
model and the photographer. During
the photo shoot the artist was not
present and there was only a virtual
connection between her and the
models. She instructed them through
Skype.
It is important for me to understand
how the models feel about their own
femininity and how their body-, and
self-image would change during the
photo shoot, compared with that of
the usual fashion photo shoots.

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VIOLA FATYOL
Viola lives and works in Budapest.
She graduated with a master degree
in photography from Moholy-Nagy
University of Art and Design in 2011.
Her series Orando et laborando
Praying and working is based on
personal memories surrounding her
experiences at the Reformed College
of Debrecen. Through her work she
shows us the world of the school in an
artistic light.
My aim was to put the values of
the alma mater on a pedestal and to
show how important the influence of a
religious school might be.
The artist thanks the present
students for their great help on this
project.

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SVETOSLAV IVANOV
Svetoslav was born in 1974. He
lives in Varna, Bulgaria. Photography
has been one his main interests since
the mid 80s. During this time he
developed skills in digital retouching
and manipulation.
The coast is a symbol of an end
and a beginning, a place where we
forget some dreams and find others.
My series The Coast of Lost Thoughts
is an expression of the lost dreams
of voyages, boundless knowledge,
the value of time, home comfort and
ultimately an escape from death.

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KATARZYNA NIEDWIECKA
Katarzyna lives in Cracow, Poland.
She graduated from Cracow School of
Art and Fashion Design with a degree
in Creative Photography.
The project The animal called
human imagines a time when animal
behaviour becomes more human than
people. It expresses stories from my
mind.
Her work is a combination of the
digital photomontage and gum print.
The latter technique is regarded
as noble, originating from the 19th
century.

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MONIKA STACHO
Monika was born in Spisska Nova
Ves, Czechoslovakia. She graduated
from the Academy of Arts in Banska
Bystrica and later from the Academy
of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
She continues her education on the
postgraduate program.
She is a winner of the Rectors award
2004 and nominee for the Alcatel
award. Her solo exhibitions include
the Month of Photography (Slovakia)
2004, Gallery Fiducia (Czech Republic)
2005, State Gallery (Slovakia) 2006
and Foma Gallery (CzechRepublic)
2008. She has also been shown in
Warsaw, Poland and at several group
exhibitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Czech Republic, Germany and
Slovakia.
The project The Eternal Truths is
her graduate project. By sandwich
layering the images she creates the
dreamy, illusionary compositions of
her parents house, where she takes us
on a journey through her memories.
The texture and distinct colours of
her photographs remind us of oil
paintings.

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ALEXANDRA VACAROIU
Alexandra is 21 years old. During
her foreign language studies, she
realized that photography was her
true passion. She decided to put
her heart and energy into it and
study Photography at the National
University of Arts in Bucharest,
Romania.
The Unconscious Body Movements
series looks at dreams and the
traces they leave behind. Sheet
folds are proof of unconscious body
movements; they hide sensations we
experience while dreaming.
On every curve lies the story of each
dream, some of which we could never
experience in reality. The photographs
are like a map of our dreams. We can
read the sheet folds and remember.

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ADLA VOSIKOV
Adela was born in Prague in
1985. She began her photographic
education in 2005, when she attended
lectures at the Department of
Photography at the Graphic School
in Prague and then later as a student
of the Department of Photography
at FAMU. Currently she continues
her studies at the cole nationale
suprieure dart de la Villa Arson, Nice,
France.
The project Adela Vosickova started
when I thought about ones name as a
representation or a portrait. Selected
people spoke the artists name Adela
Vosickova while pressing their lips
against the photographic paper after
using lip balm. The photographs show
traces of their lips movements. The
work was created by using black and
white photographic material. It is a
self-portrait through another persons
gestures, as well a portrait of their
own.

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CRISTINA VENEDICT
Cristina lives in Botosani, Romania.
She has a degree in psychology. She
discovered photography six years
ago and since then it has become
her passion and has given her new
meaning to her life.
I make photography with my soul,
capturing different moments of my
life. I see the world differently through
the lens of my camera; it has taught
me to notice beauty when sadness
surrounds me.

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LILYANA KARADJOVA
Lilyana is an art photographer
and journalist from Sofia, Bulgaria.
Shegraduated from National
Academy of Arts in Photography in
2011 and from Sofia University in
philosophy in 2007. She works in the
genres of portrait, conceptual and
experimental photography. Lilyana
is an art journalist in Novinar daily
newspaper and writes in Bulgarian
magazines LEuropeo, Amica, Art
and Critique. She has participated
in numerous collective exhibitions in
Bulgaria and USA and has shown her
work in personal exhibitions in Sofia
and Plovdiv.

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ALEKSANDER WARZECHA
Aleksander is 21 years old and comes from Jaworzno,
Poland. After graduating from Cracow School of Art and
Fashion Design, he is continuing his education in Katowice
where he studies graphic art. The project Asylum examines
mental disorders such as schizophrenia, split personality and
phobias. The work shows images from a patients brain, things
we are usually unable to see. The photographs were taken in
the ruins of an abandoned cement factory.
The dilapidated setting heightens the visual effect by
referring to the mans damaged brain. Every photograph is
made out of dozens of images.

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