Artistb bio:
Milan has been involved in photography since 2008 but it was only after he graduated from SOAS, University of London, where he acquired an MA degree in social anthropology with specialization in media production, ethnographic film and visual anthropology, that he engaged with full time freelance photography. Since then, he has been contributing to multiple midstock and microstock photography agencies such as Cavan Images, Alamy, Age Foto Stock, Shutterstock, iStock or Adobe Stock and he has been working for clients from tourism and real estate industries including one of the largest Greek national newspapers I Kathimerini. In recent years, he has been closely collaborating with a Slovak book publisher CBS on an edition of photography books portraying regions of Slovakia. Milan is also a member of The Federation of European Photographers and Association of Professional Photographers of Slovak Republic and he has been a Zero Filters Brand ambassador since 2020. His work has been awarded in international competitions, exhibited in Greece and Slovakia and published in calendars, on postcards as well as in magazines and newspapers in Greece and other countries.
Member:
The Federation of European Photographers (FEP)
Association of Professional Photographers of Slovak Republic (Asociácia profesionálnych fotografov – APFSR)
Qualifications:
2019 The European Photographer qualification
Awards:
2011 International Photography Awards, category Fine Art (Abstract): honorable mention 3x
2011 International Photography Awards, category Architecture (Bridges): honorable mention
2012 International Photography Awards, category Fine Art (Abstract): honorable mention 2x
2012 International Photography Awards, category Advertising (Self-Promotion): honorable mention
2012 International Photography Awards, category Nature (Trees): honorable mention
2012 International Photography Awards, category Architecture (Buildings): honorable mention
2012 International Photography Awards, category Architecture (Cityscapes): honorable mention
2019 Moscow International Foto Awards, category Architecture (Buildings): honorable mention
2022 ND Awards,, category Special (Panoramic): 1st place
2022 ND Awards,, category Nature (Other): honorable mention
2022 Annual Photography Awards,, category Fine Art (Abstract): honorable mention
Exhibitions:
group exhibitions:
2018 - Cityscape, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2018 - Monochrome, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2018 - Landscapes, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2018 - Moments of Color, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2018 - Chania International Photo Festival, exhibition in Center of the Mediterranean Architecture (CAM), Megalo Arsenali, 31, Akti Tompazi, Chania, Greece
2018 - Winter, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2019 - Monochrome, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2019 - Moments of Color, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2019 - Landscapes, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2019 - Chania International Photo Festival, exhibition in Center of the Mediterranean Architecture (CAM), Megalo Arsenali, 31, Akti Tompazi, Chania, Greece
2020 - Cityscapes, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2020 - Red, exhibition in Blank Wall Gallery, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, Athens, Greece
2023 - Landscape, exhibition in The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, 57 Glassford St, Glasgow G1 1UB, United Kingdom
solo exhibitions:
2021 - Woodland, exhibition in Turcianska Kniznica, Divadelna 4619/5, Martin, Slovakia
Published:
books (contributor):
2019 - KMET, Martin, et al. Magical Castles and Manors of Slovakia. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2019.
2020 - KMET, Martin and Vladimir HIRES. Magical Lower Nitra Region. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2020.
2020 - KMET, Martin and Adriana DRUGOVA. Magical Spis Region. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2020.
2020 - KMET, Martin, et al. Magical Czechia. 1st ed. Zlin: CBS Nakladatelstvi, 2020.
2020 - KMET, Martin, et al. Magical Sacral Monuments of Slovakia. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2020.
2021 - KMET, Martin, Matej KOTULA and Adriana DRUGOVA. Magical Bratislava. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2021.
2021 - KMET, Martin, et al. Magical Zahorie Region. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2021.
2021 - BROZOVA Irena, et al. Magical Prague. 1st ed. Zlin: CBS Nakladatelstvi, 2021.
2022 - KMET, Martin, et al. Magical Kosice Region. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2022.
2022 - BYSTRENOVA, Bibiana and Martin KMET. Magical Roznava and Its Surroundings. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2022.
2023 - KMET, Martin, et al. Magical Ziar nad Hronom and Its Surroundings. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2023.
2023 - KOLENCIKOVA, Renata, Martin SIPTAK and Martin KMET. Magical Topolcany and Its Surroundings. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2023.
2023 - KMET, Martin, et al. Magical Skalica and Surroundings. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2023.
2023 - KMET, Martin, et al. Magical Trnava and Surroundings. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2023.
books (author):
2020 - KMET, Martin, Milan GONDA and Vladimir HIRES. Magical Turiec Region. 1st ed. Banska Bystrica: CBS, 2020.
2023 - GONDA, Milan, Petr DVORAK, Mgr. and Martin KMET. Magical Brno. 1st ed. Zlin: CBS Nakladatelstvi, 2023.
magazines:
2020 Landscape Photography Magazine, Misty Landscapes Assignment Winner, issue 114 August 2020
2021 Landscape Photography Magazine, Picture story, Issue 121 March 2021
2021 Landscape Photography Magazine, Winter Visions Assignment Finalist, issue 122 April 2021
2021 Landscape Photography Magazine, Feature, Issue 130 December 2021
2022 Landscape Photography Magazine, Intimate Landscape Assignment Finalist, issue 132 February 2022
2022 Landscape Photography Magazine, Long Lens Assignment Finalist, issue 136 June 2022
2022 Outdoor Photography Magazine, 'One thing this month – Spirit of the sea’ competition, issue 287, November 2022
2022 Landscape Photography Magazine, Diffused Light Assignment Finalist Double Spread, issue 140 November/December 2022
2022 Outdoor Photography Magazine, 'One thing this month – Celebrating trees’ competition, issue 288, December 2022
2022 Outdoor Photography Magazine, 'One thing this month – Autumn colour’ competition, issue 289, December 2022
2023 Outdoor Photography Magazine, 'One thing this month – Rocky elevations’ competition, issue 290, January 2023
2023 Landscape Photography Magazine, Winter Visions Assignment Finalist, issue 142 March/April 2023
2023 On Landscape, 4×4 Portfolios, issue 275
Online Presentations:
2018 Alamy, featured photographer (February)
2022 Outdoor Photographer, In a Fog Assignment winner
2022 Outdoor Photographer, Photo of the Day
2022 Outdoor Photographer, Snow and Ice Scenes Assignment finalist