Stars by Tono Stano

This unique exhibition of photographs by Tono Stano presents well-known as well as previously unseen photographs of important guests of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, taken over the course of many years.

Some of the famous people captured in Stano’s photographs include Morgan Freeman, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, John Malkovich, Scarlett Johansson, and Sharon Stone, among others.

Tono Stano (1960) is known for his black-and-white portraits and figurative work. Besides creating an important body of work in the studio, he has produced a number of large photographic series, including White Shadow; a series of images from nature (Fascination); the Inside Out series capturing contours of light and dark on the human body; and the Convex series, in which he worked with the optical effect of the deconstruction of reality. He is always looking for new approaches and synergies, and is drawn to all forms of artistic expression and creative fields in general. Stano is a long-time collaborator of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, for which he has created an extensive series of portraits of world film personalities and also designed the main prize, the Crystal Globe (2001). His work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute Chicago, the Bibliothèque National and Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris; Museum Ludwig in Cologne; the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, United Kingdom; the Moravian Gallery in Brno; the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava, and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague.

Exhibition author: Tono Stano
Exhibition design and production: Starý & Starý
Graphic design: Studio Najbrt
Organizer: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Main partners: ČEZ GROUP, BTL