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Bratislava, Slovakia
Give Tomáš Manina a half-built house, a cup of coffee, and a rising sun, and he’s in his element. The Bratislava photographer has made a habit of hanging around construction sites and finished buildings alike, waiting for just the right sweep of light to explain what the architect was after. His training—commercial studio work, a PhD in fine-art photography at the city’s Academy of Fine Arts—taught him the technical stuff; curiosity does the rest.
On shoots he’ll move from ground camera to drone without fuss, jotting notes about how people use a space while the batteries charge. Those notes matter: clients count on him not only for hero shots, but also for the quieter frames that show scuffed door thresholds or the way afternoon sun climbs a stair wall. Slovak and Central-European studios return to him for that balance of precision and lived-in feel.
Manina believes a good photograph tells the truth and still leaves room for imagination. That’s why, long after the last shutter click, he’s often the one pacing the street, watching how the building settles into its neighbourhood as night comes on.
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