INTERFACE succeeded in the press contest

The photographs of Pavel M. Smejkal advertised in the INTERFACE project prospectus have won the bronze medal in the press contest held by the regional organisation of the Slovak Syndicate of Journalists in Košice.

“To participate in the contest, I chose the INTERFACE project and such pictures which, in my opinion and according to the acceptance of my colleagues, had a chance to score. One of the images was practically caused by order of the graphic designers who required shots that would be showing the city´s dynamics and movement. The other two images were taken in Kojšov, the village my mother comes from. It is a picture of my aunt, and it is to show, in a symbolic way, the arrival of new technologies even to such a remote place as Kojšov is. The shot with a mirror is a still-life rendering an undertone of religiousness in the region. The most difficult job to do when treating the finished pictures is to do their selection. There are always several alternatives. I like to see that particularly this combination of images eventually became successful,” said the author of the bronze-medal photos who is among the composite photographers cooperating on the creation of the INTERFACE project prospectus. The publication is designed for the international committee of experts to judge the content and presentation of the application project and to decide on September 8 whether Košice deserves the nomination as European capital of Culture 2013. Besides the principal city of the Eastern Slovakia, there is also Prešov, Martin and Nitra applying for the same nomination. “We had to praise the photographs. The works of this author stood out from the others. So the jury inclined to appreciate these shots as fine art photography. This third place was awarded for the author´s professional artistic adaptation,” commented the collective decision of the expert jury Ján Sand of the Slovak Syndicate of Journalists.

Zuzana Lehotská
Photo: Awarded shots by P. M. Smejkal