Ján Galanda
Hrabušický AurelDejiny slovenskej fotografie sú plné nezbadaných, polozabudnutých či celkom zabudnutých osobností. Máloktorávšak bola donedávna taká neznáma ako Ján Galanda.
<p>Tak ako väčšina novodobých slovenských fotografov ani Ján Galanda nebol profesionál, v občianskom živote pracoval ako bankový úradník. Fotografovaniu sa začal venovať až v prvej polovici tridsiatych rokov 20. storočia a podobne ako iní fotoamatéri dokumentoval predovšetkým svoje mimopracovné záujmy a aktivity, cestovanie, turistiku, šport. Na rozdiel od väčšiny snímok tohto druhu sa Galandove fotografie vyznačujú precízne vybudovanou náročnou, niekedy až rafinovanou kompozíciou. Počas svojich početných ciest do zahraničia vytvoril súbor fotografií zachytávajúcich spôsob života, ktorý bol na chudobnom Slovensku skôr výnimočný. Jeho zábery predstavujú akýsi slovenský variant glamour style a v našom prostredí sú celkom unikátne. The history of Slovak photography is full of unnoticed, semi-forgotten or completely forgotten figures. However, until recently, only a few were as unknown as Ján Galanda. Like most modern Slovak photographers, Ján Galanda was an amateur, in his civil life he worked as a bank clerk. He didn't begin to systematically work with photography until the first half of the 1930s, and like the majority of amateur photographers, he mainly documented his leisure time interests and activities,such as travel, hiking and sports. As opposed to most of the shots of this type, Galanda's photos are created with precision and feature a demanding and at times refined composition. During his many trips abroad, he compiled a set of photos portraying a lifestyle that was seldom seen in his impoverished homeland. His shots, a kind of Slovak glamour style, were unique in Slovakia.</p><p><img src="https://static.artforum.sk/media/redactorjs/galnada.jpg"></p>
Tak ako väčšina novodobých slovenských fotografov ani Ján Galanda nebol profesionál, v občianskom živote pracoval ako bankový úradník. Fotografovaniu sa začal venovať až v prvej polovici tridsiatych rokov 20. storočia a podobne ako iní fotoamatéri dokumentoval predovšetkým svoje mimopracovné záujmy a aktivity, cestovanie, turistiku, šport. Na rozdiel od väčšiny snímok tohto druhu sa Galandove fotografie vyznačujú precízne vybudovanou náročnou, niekedy až rafinovanou kompozíciou. Počas svojich početných ciest do zahraničia vytvoril súbor fotografií zachytávajúcich spôsob života, ktorý bol na chudobnom Slovensku skôr výnimočný. Jeho zábery predstavujú akýsi slovenský variant glamour style a v našom prostredí sú celkom unikátne. The history of Slovak photography is full of unnoticed, semi-forgotten or completely forgotten figures. However, until recently, only a few were as unknown as Ján Galanda. Like most modern Slovak photographers, Ján Galanda was an amateur, in his civil life he worked as a bank clerk. He didn't begin to systematically work with photography until the first half of the 1930s, and like the majority of amateur photographers, he mainly documented his leisure time interests and activities,such as travel, hiking and sports. As opposed to most of the shots of this type, Galanda's photos are created with precision and feature a demanding and at times refined composition. During his many trips abroad, he compiled a set of photos portraying a lifestyle that was seldom seen in his impoverished homeland. His shots, a kind of Slovak glamour style, were unique in Slovakia.
