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VLADIMIR LINDER'S
PHOTO EXHIBIT AT
FOLKLORE FESTIVAL
UNDER KRÁĽOVÁ HOĽA
IN LIPTOVSKÁ TEPLIČKA 2000
OPENED ON
AUGUST 5, 2000
SOUL SEARCHING
IN LIPTOVSKÁ TEPLIČKA
Slovak Heritage Live II
PAGE THREE
The summer break of 1968 he was abroad. He was
hitch hiking around
Europe all summer and visited Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Italy, San Marino and
went all the way to Syracuse in Sicily and then north to Pompeii, Rome, Vatican,
Pisa,
Florence, Monte Carlo, Paris, Reims and through Germany he returned home to Bratislava at
the beginning of September.
Immediately after his return he went to study in Prague and
since the political situation wasn't evolving according to his vision, he decided to
change the university and transferred to study Sociology at University of J. A.
Komenský
in Bratislava where he was accepted. It was at this time when he purchased a new still
camera Praktika. He was taking pictures constantly; he was trying to improve. Because of
the disappointment with the situation in Czechoslovakia he decided to go to Austria, from
where he immigrated to Canada. He lived in Vienna, for six months and after acceptance by
the Canadian Government he flew on December 10 with his friend to Toronto in the eastern
part of Canada. They got married in Toronto June 11, 1971. Soon after their wedding they
are leaving to Alberta in the western part of Canada where they stay one drastic and very
cold winter. In spring of 1972 they moved to Vancouver where they live until now.
Here they are bringing up their two children Julia and Mathew. In 1975
Vladimir purchased new camera Pentax ES II, which allowed him to improve in his
photographic creations. This year he also went first time to Europe after his immigration
to Canada. They visited London, Paris, French Riviera, Germany, Austria and since they
couldn’t go back to Czechoslovakia, they met their family and friends in Hungary. Few
years later he purchased another Pentax camera Pentax KII DMD. He used it through his
travels around the world.
He took pictures in Alberta, British Columbia,
Ontario, Jamaica, Tahiti,
Bora Bora, Moorea, Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Fiji, Bahamas, Mexico, in USA in states Hawaii, islands
Maui, Oahu, Kuai, New York, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California and
Florida, in Europe, Austria, Italy, Vatican, San Marino, France, Monte
Carlo, Poland, Cyprus, Turkey, Corfu Greece.
In 1987 after meeting the members of
folklore group Lúčnica at Expo 86 in Vancouver and after canceling his Czechoslovak
citizenship he finally comes to Czechoslovakia. He visited festivals in
Východná and Detva. He became very found of them and one could say that he fell in love with the Slovak
folklore. From this year he always takes pictures and video tapes almost all summer
festivals in Slovakia. In fall of 1989 he formed a folk dance group Bystrina and they put
together very successful Christmas program "We are bringing you the news."
However Bystrina no longer exists. His enthusiasm from the beauty of Slovak folklore and
heritage was an inspiration to incorporate a non profit charitable organization, Slovak
Heritage and Cultural Society of British Columbia that has 960 members now.
In 1991 at his request the government of Czechoslovakia has given him
back his citizenship, with which his destiny and his trekking around the world came to a
full circle. He deepened his contacts with Slovaks around the world and in spring of 1993
he started to publish quarterly newsletter Slovak Heritage Live. The newsletter is being
sent to 2000 people around the World and through the internet it is accessible to anybody.
Vladimir owns in Canada rich collection of folk costumes, ceramics,
folk music instruments, corn husk figurines, embroidery, ethnographic literature, and vast
photographic and video archive. In his video collection he has over 500 hours of Slovak
Folklore and Slovak Heritage and over 30000 photographs. Until now Vladimir released over
86 two hour color videos. He is also involved in ancestral village videos,
ancestral village
photography, genealogical research,
and publishes in
newspapers and periodicals in Slovakia.
He plans to release his pictures on CD-ROM in the near future and also
plans additional expositions of his photographs about the forgotten treasures of Slovakia
that he loves so much.
Mgr. Alena Kosturikova, Banska Bystrica
All
photographs are for sale
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The above article and photographs may not be copied, reproduced,
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Copyright © 2000 Vladimir
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