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Milan Šára
- Born 2.12.1937 in Prague
- Graduated from secondary school in Melnik
- Higher education incomplete
He has actually devoted himself to photography since he was 8 years old, when he became mainly interested in the technology. Mr. Zdenek Virt academic painter and professor at FAMU passed down to Sara most of his photography experience.
He became a professional photographer at the age of 30. In the 80s and 90s he was the most productive commercial photographer in Czechoslovakia. He worked mainly for export companies such as ČSA, CENTROTEX, JABLONEX, ARTIA... . Milan Šára’s photographs decorated windows of shops, appeared in catalogues and magazines, served to present Czechoslovak products abroad, (namely in Great Britain, France). More than 1000 titles of calendars with his photographs had been published. Besides that, he presented himself even abroad in, for example, the French fashion magazine the Vogue. Among photo-models he worked with beauties such as Ivana Trump, Milada Karasova, Katerina Kornova, Katerina Brozova, Jitka Kraferova and others.
In 1989 he founded an advertising agency aimed towards modeling and also started to dedicate himself to free creation. Gradually the work of his firm changed into that of a classic advertising agency. (3D items, printed matter, campaigns – www.topartstudio.cz) and from the time of his work with models there remained only one activity, which was the TOP MODEL competition– a contest for the most photogenic girl (www.top-model.cz).
Thanks to his business activities he gained a certain freedom to photograph freely. His main subjects were and still are, women. He dedicates himself mostly to black and white photography of female nudes. He also works on black and white still life. In the past 10 years he had worked almost entirely with only one model, his wife Ivana. He admires the work of photographer, Richard Avedon. However, he strives to find his very own way and photographic style.
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EXHIBITIONS
2008 JUST NOW - www.spans-collection.com !!!
August 2007- Gallery AVENTIN, Prague
February 2007 – Museum, Vyškov
November 2006 - Hotel Horal, Špindlerův mlýn
March 2006 – Gallery 14, Prague
January 2006 - FOTO ŠKODA Center, Prague
October 2001 - Gallery Pasáž, Prague
July 2001 - Charlie Gallery, Karlovy Vary
April 1998 - A.C.T. Theater, Prague
October 1997 – Gallery of Josef Sudek, Prague
1991 –Havana, Cuba
1986 – Cologne, Germany
The Author’s Stamp
At the beginning of 2005 Milan Šára issued his first own author’s stamp. The stamp was printed in the Postal Printing House in Prague by the recess printing technique. This stamp is the very first private stamp ever issued in the Czech Republic. As background was used a photograph of his wife Ivana, from his book AKTY (NUDES), The engraving was created by the renowned engraver, Jaroslav Tvrdon, a pupil of Professor Hirsche. The stamp serves first of all as a safety feature on each of the author’s, Milan Sara’s works. It is attached to the certificate confirming the authenticity of his works – of each of the author’s enlargements (maximal number of enlargements 5)
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