Martin Bystriansky

Martin Bystriansky is a Slovak photographer. Meeting Tibor Huszár and Roman Pavlovič at the Faculty of media and communication at University of the St. Cyrillus and Methodius in Trnava has been essential for his production. He has been visiting Huszár-Pavlovič photoatelier and it was them who determ…

I try to be as close as possible to my subjects. In my work I concentrate mainly on people. I see photography as a means to get to know their interesting and often unusual lives and approaches. I prefer photo document with social theme. It requires more time, getting to know the subject, it goes de…

My first project was a documentation of Capuchins in Slovakia and to this work I dedicated practically whole duration of time at University and it was also topic of my diploma work. I recorded their lives inside monasteries and their activity among common people. My subsequent work was documenta…