“I Bloom For You” is another one of the artworks in series “I Found The Silence” (www.martinstranka.com/ifoundthesilence). The idea was created in June 2018, followed by 3 months of planning. The main inspiration was to escape beyond the limits of everyday existence, somewhere where a man can be himself. Escape to a place, where we meet ourselves in the purest way possible. On the photograph, as well as the whole series, appear elements of nature. On this particular artwork it is the flowing river of flowers as the symbolism of freedom. Our own liberation, that should never be taken from us. In times the society we are living in, is constantly trying to hold us back, criticize and limit us. We are judging individuals by our own tied up rules. An individual should always stay true to himself. Not to be pushed to run away to abandoned places, out of the sight of society to be who he really is.
The Artwork “I Bloom For You” was created thanks to a huge support and cooperation of great people. The role of model was taken over by the talented young actor and friend Ivan Lupták. After long hours spent on searching, I found this breathtaking old Buick Electra 225 from 1963. The entire floral arrangement was created by the skilled and handy florists. The arranging of hundreds of fresh flowers took almost 5 hours. The location we have chosen for the shoot was a stone quarry close to Prague in Czech Republic. The credit for these beautiful backstage photos captured throughout the whole day goes to the photographer Milan Vopálenský. We used 3 battery lights of 600Ws with different types of soft boxes. The intention was to build quite heavy but poetic movie atmosphere. The week before the shoot we were constantly following the weather forecast and it seemed it would rain the whole day. Eventually the rain combined with the sunset played huge role in creating the most beautiful movie scene. All together the time spent on this project from the very scratch to the final artwork took more than 350 hours. If I look back and realize how many great people I was able to work with, I feel it was worth it.
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Final photo "I Bloom For You"
Behind The Scenes Video
Photo shoot in stone quarry
Behind The Scenes - oldtimer Buick Electra 225 (1963)
Behind The Scenes - flowers instalation
Behind The Scenes - flowers instalation
Our team
Behind The Scenes - finding the best angle
Behind The Scenes - actor and model Ivan Luptak
Behind The Scenes - strobes
Behind The Scenes - it rains
Behind The Scenes
Behind The Scenes - setup lights
Behind The Scenes
A crop from “I Bloom For You” showing details of the photo.
A crop from “I Bloom For You” showing details of the photo.
After the shoot, the great support and my foundation in the whole post-production process is the EIZO CG318-4K premium graphics display monitor.
“I Bloom For You” as a large interior print.
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