Iconic St. Nicholas Church by Mirka Krivankova
The Svatomikulášská Municipal Belfry is a late Baroque bell tower closely adjacent to the Church of St. Nicholas in Malá Strana, Prague. It was built together with the church by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer and completed after 1751 by A. Lurag. However, the tower is not part of the church and from the beginning belonged to the city, which originally used it as a fire alarm and marked its ownership with the coat of arms of Malá Strana above the entrance to the tower.
The slender tower and the wide dome of the church create a dynamic contrast and form one of the most distinctive landmarks of Malá Strana, which is diversely featured in various angles of the panorama.
Award Winner
Photo of the Day
Award Date
November 6, 2022
66
AWARD SCORE
Value 12
Clarity 12
Composition 17
Style 13
Skill 12
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Mirka Krivankova is a very promising photographer from Mestec Kralove in the Czech Republic. The photographs on her website depict everything from the gorgeous Czech countryside, to wonderful and interesting portraits of people at work and at play, and even include some documenting of a concert or two. Her use of formalism combined with the natural lighting and shadows in her portraits is absolutely wonderful. The combination helps add interest to the already eye-catching surroundings of her subjects, as well as the subjects themselves, while also leading the viewer’s eye entirely throughout the photographs. Mirka has a strong portfolio, but I feel as though it could be stronger if she removed the concert photos. Currently, they are the first series of photographs you see when you enter her site, and because they look more like out-of-place snapshots, rather than photographs taken by a skilled photographer, it lowered my first impression of her work. With that being said, Mirka’s portfolio is becoming stronger and stronger by the day. As I have been writing this review, she has updated it several times with new photographs as well as re-organizing the ones she has into more comprehensive bodies of work. She seems to be constantly adding to her portfolio, and I look forward to following her work as it continues to evolve.
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Mestec Kralove, Czech Republic
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