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‹ Photo Notes · 15 ledna, 2012
Among photographers it is jokingly said that whoever didn’t photograph the model Tereza with a cigarette this year won nothing. This refers to the two biggest Czech-Slovak competitions for the best nude – Akty X of Reflex magazine and the similar, though conceptually different, competition Basic Instinct (Základní instinkt) of Instinkt magazine. In both of them, the winning photographs featured the stocky Tereza with a cigarette, in the first case in the photograph Tereza by Petr Žižák, in the second as Smoking Metteorwa by Richard Palkovič. Who is Tereza with a cigarette?
I met the subtle fashion design student with unbelievably exotic eyes about a year ago. That she is an absolutely extraordinary model, at least within the genre of artistic nudes, is proven not only by the huge interest from amateur and professional photographers, but also by her share in winning both competitions, the long list of publications in which she appeared within one year, etc.
On my personal ladder Tereza ranks among a few of the best models on our scene, among those I gladly return to at any time. By how she looks in front of the lens, but above all by her approach – she can adapt to the photograph and it shows in the result. Although in photographs she mostly looks sad, even unhappy, her photo visits always mean salvos of laughter. Unlike many overly „self-confident“ models, Tereza can fully trust the photographer she has chosen and leave his work to him.
Prague’s Malá Strana has always been shrouded in many secrets, scarecrows, apparitions, ghosts and fairies. Tereza belongs to Malá Strana and its magical folklore too. If it ever happens that in some secluded corner you meet a naked, exotic-looking beauty with a camera on a tripod nearby, you haven’t run into a ghost but most likely Tereza, who is shooting her new self-nudes there; she is as capable a photographer as she is a model, and when she joins these two skills together, admirable works often result.
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