Richard Vanek - Black and White Photography

Today morning when I was biking to work I was thinking how much different it was when I come to work about twenty years ago. That time it was my first job. Just before going to university. I was walking fro about 25 minutes there across nice small streets and last part across big open space where circus use to be in summer. All the way to work I was thinking how to solve certain problem from yesterday. With a help of my dreams I always found solution or at least possible variant to try. It was a great time and life was exciting, every day new things to discover.

When I have got Olympus OM-2n I was happy I could again shoot from very close and compose precisely. Back light on this picture is what I like and look of the boy as well. That Sunday cold morning when I was walking in our village I start taking picture of small details on kids playgrounds. I loved the winter sharp light with long shadows.

When I was a child I looked at everything from very close. I felt all the small details. I still remember the feeling: when I climbed the rope on early morning when grass was still wet after the night.