Přehled o publikaci

The Association of International Photography Art Dealers, whose members include the most important photographic galleries from around the world, has members in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe and Japan and has become a unifying force in the field of photography. AIPAD is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the field of exhibiting, buying and selling photographic art. 82 galleries participated in the 2025 exhibition. It also included exhibitions by a number of publishers, curatorial exhibitions, film screenings and dozens of lectures by leading curators and photographers. The American gallery Vintage Works/Contemporary Works, which has long represented Vladimír Birgus, presented a selection of his subjectively conceived color photographs. Vladimír Birgus was one of the first Czech photographers in the early 1980s to try to thoughtfully use the emotional and psychological effects of color in subjectively conceived documentary images. Initially, he emphasized strong contrasts of several saturated colors. But in Birgus's more recent photographs, the colors are often more subdued, sometimes almost monochromatic. A marked gradual shift from socially oriented themes to a distinctly subjective concept of documentary is increasingly evident. The sophistication of the depiction is the result of the author's unique view of unmanipulated reality.