Kristýna Erbenová/ Holidays

Born in 1987 in the Czech Republic. Kristýna Erbenová graduated from the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava. Erbenova’s artistic photography projects are made using medium-format and 35mm photographic film. She lives and works in Australia and the Czech Republic. She works exclusively at night using only the moonlight. Kristýna has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad. Her work has been included in many European photographic festivals, and her work has been published and positively reflected in the professional press and media. In 2019 and 2020, she was among the finalists in the Head On Photo Festival in Sydney, Australia, and in the prestigious Japanese competition Hariban Award. Her work was also selected for the Dutch publication Fresh Eyes among the Top 100 Emerging Photographers. Kristýna Erbenová's works are represented in private and regional collections, and galleries in the Czech Republic and abroad.

Fragile moments depicts a series of restful, serene images, suspended in time, each in some private ecstasy of solitude. It refers to those instants caught in time when people are found in a state of absolute abandonment, 'ceasing', and freeing themselves from this world. Moments when we can let go. Thanks to this isolation, we can return to our inner being and our own personal world of impressions. As we grow from childhood into maturity, we are continually confronted with feelings, passions, dreams, insecurities, and doubts, along with many endless questions. The series Fragile Moments conveys one experience we all share – the existence of our inner world of impressions.