About

Petr Borovec is a Czech photographer based in Ostrava. He was born in 1966 in former Czechoslovakia.

The first time he looked into the viewer of father’s TLR camera he was just a child. He spent long hours in the darkroom with him, learning how to process black and white films and to make darkroom prints.

Influenced by the work of many famous Czech photographers, especially Josef Sudek, he became increasingly interested in creative photography after completing obligatory military service.

He had quit photography several times only to return to it after a while with humility. He picked up the camera again in 2016. And in my quest to become a professional photographer, I discovered how important creative freedom is to me.

Solo Exhibitions

iPhonegrafia /2018-2020/, Kamrlik fotografie, Ostrava (CZ), 2020 – 2021
Reflection & Near the Sky, building of the former cinema Vesmir, Ostrava (CZ), 2019

Group Exhibitions

Euroraport PhotoProject: The First Day in European Union, Warszawa & Lodz (PL), 2004
150 Years of Photography, Prague (CZ), 1989

Representation In Private Collections

MSS company, Ostrava (CZ)
TEMAX tech company, Uhersky Brod (CZ)
U Hrabenky guesthouse, Petrovice (CZ)

Photobook

iPhonegrafia /2018-2020/, 2021

Catalogues

Euroraport PhotoProject: The First Day in European Union, 2004
150 Years of Photography, 1989

Media

Melvin Mapa Film Photographers Interview, Singapore (SG), 2018

Awards

The 32nd International Artavita Online Art Contest, Certificate of Excellence, Artavita, Santa Barbara (USA), 2019
Euroraport PhotoProject: The First Day in European Union, Selection by a professional jury, Foundation of Visual Education (PL) & Nikon Polska Ltd., 2004

Series, projects and themes

Haiku, from 2022
Seeking the Beauty II, from 2021
Landscape, from 2021
Forest, from 2021
iPhonegrafia II, from 2021
Feeling of the Moment, 2019-2021

Portraits, from 2018

iPhonegrafia, 2018-2020

Diary of the Everyday, 2017

Agencies and clients

LemonOne GmbH, Berlin, 2021

Take a look at the portfolio.