Draft:Gabriel Karkovsky

Gabriel Karkovsky (born on June 12, 1994) is a photographer specializing in street and portrait photography.

Biography

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After graduation, Karkovsky worked as a lecturer in Film and Art History. He was also a picture editor for television news in 2022–2023. Exhibited internationally[1], he captured everyday life in various European cities, including Berlin, Vienna, Ostend, Liège, and Maastricht. In 2024, his photograph of the Prague Žižkov Television Tower reflected in a puddle appeared in a Lomography article on techniques of street photography[2]. He has also worked as a freelance portrait and commercial photographer, publisher and editor of photo books[3][4], and content designer.

In 2022, he photographed[5] writer Julien Wacquez for Angle Mort[6] magazine. In 2023, he cofounded a creative hub, V+G Studio, with his partner, illustrator Victoria Titievska. Together, they worked on several projects, including creating visuals for Paola Henric’s short film Paul[7] (2024), a story about an autistic painter. Karkovsky was a BTS photographer for Vjerka Muhldorf's anthology film, Nesoulady[8].

Passionate about music[9][10], he has also written columns for various music magazines such as CultureSonar[11], Post Trash[12], or Insounder[13]. Additionally, he wrote and produced two short films, Les Nuances de la longévité (2019) and Full Support (2023), in collaboration with French writer Sophie Bouvier[14].

Work

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Exhibitions

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  • “Objective(s)” (Serbia, 2024)
  • “Objective(s)” (Serbia, 2023)[15]
  • “Objective(s)” (Serbia, 2022)
  • “Bloom & Karkovsky” (Czechia, 2022)
  • “Frontières de l’humanité” (France, 2019)

Films

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  • "Full Support" (2023); cowritten with Sophie Bouvier, directed by Karel AC
  • "Les Nuances de la longévité" (2019); co-directed by Kate Guić

Books

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  • "L’Écho du vers" (2023)[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Gabriel Karkovsky | ARTIST DATABASE". www.artistdatabase.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  2. ^ "Lomography - Tipster: Capturing Spontaneity in Street Photography". www.lomography.com. 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ "Words in Order". Words in Order (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  4. ^ "Team – Snap Collective". snap-collective.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  5. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  6. ^ "Angle mort (magazine)", Wikipédia (in French), 2022-08-08, retrieved 2024-07-13
  7. ^ Paul (2024) - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-07-13 – via www.imdb.com.
  8. ^ Nesoulady - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-07-13 – via www.imdb.com.
  9. ^ "I love music, it's an essential part of my life... I never go out without headphones, I always have music at home, and I never relax more than with one of my guitars." [1]
  10. ^ "Gabriel Karkovsky (auteur de L'Écho du vers)". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  11. ^ "Gabriel Karkovsky". CultureSonar. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  12. ^ "Chastity Belt - "Live Laugh Love" | Album Review". POST-TRASH. 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  13. ^ "Bernie Taupin: Songwriting Soulmate of Elton John". insounder.org. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  14. ^ "Sophie Bouvier | Writer, Producer, Actor". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  15. ^ "Photo contest 2023 – Short cut". 2023-07-22. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  16. ^ "L'Écho du vers". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-07-13.