TITLE: stories of old

A series made for last three years in so called „rock towns” in Czech Republic. The main intention is to build a connection between the body and the stone to show relationships, which, through such statement, we can see, feel or imagine. I want to show both exciting, different, but also coinfluent structures; Hardness and softness, warmth and cold, roughness and tenderness, masculine and feminine, vitality and eternal quiescence. Both elements - body and rock combine with each other, split, make correlations, which can be read at different levels of interpretation, as well as a reference to the relationship human-human, human-nature or human-space. All the series contains 28 photos.

AUTHOR: Jaroslaw Jarema (Poland)

Jaroslaw Jarema, born in 1974. A photographer. He lives and works in Poland. He focuses on relations between the reality and a world being created, between the real and the fantasy. He tries to show the balance between these two elements. He believes in universality of symbols, which he treats as a basis of his message. His work reflects his deep interest in classical art: most of all painting, sculpture and poetry; he combines them with elements from the surrounding world. In his work he searches for relations between human and space. He works using traditional techniques. He took part in many individual and collective exhibitions, i.a:
akt / Walbrzych, Poland/ 2012,
Povidky / Nachod, Czech Republic / 2012,
Messa in Scena / Casarano, Italy /2012,
Retrospective / Tychy, Poland / 2011,
M, Walbrzych, Poland/ 2013,
I, II, III, IV Triennale Of Photography, Walbrzych, Poland / 2007/2010/ 2013/2016,
AKT / Wroclaw 2013, Jelenia Gora 2014, Walbrzych 2015,
LOVE is in THE AIR- modern art exhibition and auction / Warszawa, Poland / 2014,
Uffo / Trutnov, Czech Republic / 2012,
World Pinhole Day / Ksiaz Castle, Poland / 2012,
Lens 2015, Evanston, USA / 2015, In the Zone, Los Angeles, USA / 2015,
Photo Annual Awards, Teplice, Czech Republic / 2015,
Donkey Art. Prize Exhibition, Miami, USA / 2015,
Seities Exhibition, Calgary, Canada /2015,
International Pinhole Photography Festival OFFO, Zabrze, Poland / 2015 ,
Body, Athens, Greece 2016,
19th Biennale of Mountain Photography, Jelenia Góra, Poland / 2016,
Dzikie Historie / Wild Stories, Katowice, Poland / 2016,
Black and White International Award Exhibition, Rome, Italy / 2016.

Awards:
First prize in the International Photography Awards - IPA 2014 in Fine Art / Nude category;
Honorable Mention in Moscow International Fotography Award (MIFA) 2014.;
First prize in Photoshootawards 2015 in Freedom category, also Urban category finalist.
Photo Annual Awards 2015: Honorable Mention.
Prix de la Photographie Paris 2015: Honorable Mention,
Donkey Art Prize 2015 finalist.
International Photography Awards - IPA 2015: Honorable Mention,
Fine Art Fotography Awards 2015 Nominee
Moscow International Fotography Award (MIFA) 2015 – Honorable Mention,
Monochrome Awards 2015 – Honorable Mention
La Grande Photo Awards 2015 - Nominee
Photoshoot Awards 2016 - 3rd prize, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd prize in Conceptual Location category, also Maternity and urban category finalist,
Golden Orchid International Art Festival 2015 - 3rd prize,
Art Forward Contest 2016 - Silver Award
4th Eros Awards 2016 - Silver Award
Black and White International Award 2016 - Honorable Mention
Photoshoot Awards 2017 - bronze finalist in Urban / Fashion and Freedom category, also Emotion category finalist.