Silvia Vaculíková

Silvia Vaculíková (born 22 July 1967, Trnava) is Slovak photographer and traveler. She mainly photographs simple pictures of people in their natural environment, local customs, religions, and culture. With her photos, she gains a lot of prestigious international awards.

Life and work

Vaculíková is the great-granddaughter of the inventor of the parachute, Štefan Banič, and the granddaughter of the discoverer of the Driny cave in Smolenice. After finishing her studies, she worked in a travel agency and subsequently founded her own travel agency focusing on discovering exotic countries. She lives and works in Bratislava. She has traveled through five continents, visiting ninety-five countries.

Publications

• The World of People. 2007.
• Customs. 2009.
• Travelling the World. 2013.

Awards

• 2 awards at the International Photography Exhibition, THE HISTORY OF MANKIND in Beijing - China, under the auspices of the UNESCO in 2000
• A medal of the AFOCER show- Cerdanyola del Valles – Spain, at the AQÜADUCTE 2000 competition, under the auspices of FIAP
• Honorable mention of FIAP for a set of photographs - STROM 2000 - Ružomberok
• 2nd prize at the Competition and Exhibition of Artistic Photography 2001 organized by the Association of Slovak Photographers - Ružomberok
• Honorable mention of FIAP for a set of photographs - FOTOFÓRUM 35 - Ružomberok, 2002
• Honorable mention of the Association of Slovak Photographers 2002 for a photo-story - Ružomberok
• 2nd place at the regional round of AMFO and DIAFOTO 2002 - Pezinok
• 1st prize at the Czecho-Slovak competition of travel photography AMADEUS - Prague, Czech Republic in 2002
• 1st prize at the Czecho-Slovak competition of travel photography AMADEUS - Prague, Czech Republic in 2003
• 2nd place at the regional round of AMFO and DIAFOTO 2004 - Pezinok
• 1st place at the HORY a MESTO festival, the People and Culture category, 2004 - Bratislava
• 5th place in a WATT 2004 photo competition, in the “Story” category - Bratislava
• Main prize at the HORY a MESTO festival for a set of portraits in 2006
• 1st place at the HORY a MESTO festival, the People and Culture category, 2008 - Bratislava
• Honourable mention of the Association of Slovak Photographers for Digital Macrophotography – detail, Ružomberok 2011
• Award for documentary photo “Documentary Award of The Humanity Photo Awards 2011” on the occasion of the opening of exhibition “Memories of Mankind VII” for portfolio “Voodoo in Benin“ in Kunming, China, under the auspices of UNESCO, held in 2011.
• Gold Medal in the photograph competition 12th Special Themes Circuit Trierenberg in Emotions – Human Relations Theme in Austria in 2013
• Honourable Mention by Photo Association of Serbia at 2nd International Salon of Photography FKNS – Grand Prix 2013 in Novi Sad, Serbia
• Highly Commended award at 9th Swansea Digital International organized by Swansea Camera Club in Swansea, Great Britain, in 2013
• Bronze Medal at BUFSAD Photo Contest in Bursa, Turkey, in 2014
• Honorary Mention awarded by The Royal Photographic Society – STROM 2015—Ružomberok
• 2 prizes for 2 series of documentary photography “ Performance Award of The Humanity Photo Awards 2015” for portfolio “Bungee jumping of Pentecost Island” and “Small and Big Nambas Tribe“ in Beijing, China, under the auspices of UNESCO in 2015
• 2005: AZSF title - The Author of the Association of Slovak Photographers - in Ružomberok, and the AFIAP title - Artiste FIAP - The International Federation of Photographic Art - in Belgium.
• 2007: Photograph of the year 2007 in the Slovak Republic.
• 2009: EFIAP - Excellence de la Fédération Internationale de l´Art Photographique (Excellence of the International Federation of Photographic Art).

Collections

Vaculíková´s EFIAP and AZSF photographs can be found in the collections of The International Photography Museum in Cerdanyol, Spain, Photoforum Ružomberok, Slovakia, Golden Foundation of the ASP Ružomberok, Slovakia and in the collection of the gallery FotoGaléria Nova in Košice.

Exhibitions (solo)

• 1999 Vietnam and Cambodia in the eyes of women, Hotel Kyjev, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2000 People from faraway countries, Atrium Poštova banka, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2001 People from faraway countries, The House of Art, Pieštany, Slovakia
• 2002 People from faraway countries, Hotel Kyjev, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2005 People from faraway countries, Hotel Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2007 The World of People, Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2007 The World of People, The House of Art, Pieštany, Slovakia
• 2008 The World of People, Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2008 The World of People, FotoGalery Nova, Košice, Slovakia
• 2008 The World of People, Vuotalo Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland
• 2009 The World of People, Regional library of central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland
• 2009 The World of People, Tashkent House of Photography, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• 2015 The World of People, Travel Gallery, Bratislava, Slovensko

References

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1. ↑ "Silvia Vaculíková". Silvia-foto.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-07. 
2. ↑ "Rozhovor s T. Pauhofovou / Cestopis Túlanie svetom / Svadba v divadle / O premiérach v Činohre SND | Televízia TA3". Ta3.com (in Slovak). 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2016-01-07. 
3. ↑ "Silvia Vaculíková: Rada zachytávam obyčajných ľudí". Zena.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2016-01-07. 
4. ↑ "HPA2015-Silvia Vaculikova-Bungee Jumping of Pentecost Island|THE HUMANITY PHOTO AWARDS 2015". 2015.hpa.org.cn. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2016-01-07.