Univers d'Artistes: Christian Tode

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June 9, 2018

The vintage photographs of Chistian Tode

Member since 2017

For me, photography hides a lot of beauty inside; beauty that we can see around us. It is a mysterious world of dialogue between the photographer and the resulting photo and – finally – between the viewer and the photo. A world that allows you to look inside, through lens, into the other soul. Photography is the soul of all the moments that have just disappeared.

In his first article, I told you how much I appreciate the talent of Christian Tode to fly from a genre to another, and the rare diversity of his art models, my fight in UdA where all colors and ages and forms are united.

Today, this exhibition is reserved to his unique vintage work. He let me choose the photographs, what I always consider as an honor. 😊

"Rest in cafe"

With Eliška Kubaníková

"The young girls learn their rules"

With Eliška Kubaníková and Denisa Hemská

"And then her eyes become my Japanese Tea Garden"

"Close your eyes and you'll see me"

With Janine Alexander

"Dialogue"

"Rain in sunlight"

"With Lucie"

With Lucie Janíková

"Sweet, dark fear"

"Morning chat"

With Denisa Hemská and Eliška Kubanikova

"Adrien flying through her dreams"

"Inside I feel fleeting moments of sunny morn"

With ZuzanaOsako Illustrations

"Tough expectations in dreams in garden of paradise"

"Windy Day"

I end by his return in the present :

"The mind of the present"

With Zuzana Osako

November 27, 2017

Christian Tode diversifies his Art Models

Christian Tode

Member since 2017

All about him in this article

There is a short time ago, my dear Kat Love, famous Art Model, photographer and web designer, wrote an article about the discrimination in photography :

"If art nudes are about human emotions and human stories, why does it seems like the majority of art nude images are of white models, slender models, young models, and/or female models? No seriously, tell me."

Christian Tode prooves in these photographies he sent me there is minority of photographers, like Sita Mae and Lucien Clergue who magnify the women no matter their ages and their forms :

For me photography hides a lot of beauty inside. Beauty that we can see around us. It is a mysterious world of dialogue between the photographer and the resulting photo and – finally – between viewer and the photo. A world that allows you to look inside, through lens into the other soul. Photography is soul of all the moments that have just disappeared.

Thank you Christian for your friendly and so quick cooperation for this welcome article ! 😉

A few words about my perception of photography.

For me, photography is capturing the moments that have just passed. The past and future, once come and gone, are just philosophical concepts but an image of the moment last forever.

Our perception of beauty is objective and unique to each individual. I find that I am most enthused when making images of adult women. Just as love is woven from the feelings of our soul and passes through the heart to the brain and from there to its surroundings, a photo arises in the soul and passes through the heart where it can be heard, felt, seen and touched.

Every photographer is somewhat voyeuristic, some more than others, but all seek what is hidden in the world.

Though it is impossible to ever see the whole of a person, when I look into the eyes of an older woman they reveal an experience and honesty that is hard to find in youth, which seeks only the moment with only a limited past to reflect on.

July 29, 2017

Christian Tode sees the beauty everywhere

Christian Tode

A new member of UDA

His Facebook

I met Christian Tode on Facebook, my gold mine, and I was immediatly conquered by the large palette of his talent. From street life to poses with an assumed vintage touch to superb artistic nudes with all kind of women, Christian Tode passes from a genre to another with a surprising ease and a deep talent. I tried in his first exhibition and not the last to show you how much what I say is true.

Dear Christian, I'm honored to welcome you in the mag and the collective. Thank you my friend ! 😊

"Morning chat"

Art Models Denisa Hemská and Eliška Kubanikova

I was born in Prague and at the age of 14 I got my first Flexaret camera. But even before I assisted to my father in his darkroom, was mixing developers, fixer, toners.

In the days when digital cameras first appeared on the market, I wanted to try them as well. But after three years in the electronic world, once, within one week, I experienced several strange coincidences that convinced me to return to the classical photography.

I got one of the B&W magazine issues with beautiful BW photos from the '50s showing atmosphere of american night clubs at that time. Then my grandfather passed away and when going through his ex-belongings, in the attic, I found couple of glass plates. These were seventy years old photo glass plates and – immediately – I knew that I´d wanted to process my photographies in this manner and came back to the classic or maybe vintage photography. I chose tradition. The degree of freedom that surrounds us today is higher then ever before. We have the opportunity to choose our way, which was not always obvious. This option however has its drawbacks in the application. Sometimes we are waisting time in new and innovative approaches and security of truthful expression is fading away.

"Lady with a flower"

"Modern girls"

Art Models Eliška Kubaníková and Denisa Hemska

For me photography hides a lot of beauty inside. Beauty that we can see around us. It is a mysterious world of dialogue between the photographer and the resulting photo and – finally – between viewer and the photo. A world that allows you to look inside, through lens into the other soul. Photography is soul of all the moments that have just disappeared.

"Where have you been"

I believe that everyone has his own god, never mind the name. My god likes natural light. That´s why I prefer taking photos outside, in the open air. We weren't born for living in studios . I am pilgrim looking for my world of morning brumes full of hidden emotions.

Showtime !

Some photographies of a beautiful series with Art Model Stana :