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Michal Lebl, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. For the last almost 20 years he lived in United States, mostly in San Diego. Since 2009 he alternates between Prague, Czech Republic and San Diego. He got his first camera from his grandpa at the age of 9 (he still has it), so we can say that he is taking pictures for almost 50 years. He studied photography with professor Lauschmann in Prague. He started with classical black and white wet process and loved making his black and white enlargements. The second camera was his dad's Zeiss "harmonica". Later he changed to SLRs and went through Exa, Pentax, and after he moved to USA, he changed to and stayed with Canon EOS. He is an early adopter of digital photography - through Casio to Sony and back to full frame SLR from Canon.
This web site shows a small sample of his work. He loves to travel and this gallery illustrates this point. His first exhibition was in Prague in 1968, and two years later he published his first picture in a magazine. (The only magazine cover, up to now, happened to be on the last year's Orienteering North America.) His photographs are ocassionally on display in galleries in San Diego and Prague. If you are interested in any of his pictures, you can contact him at michallebl@gmail.com.
He is a member of Spanish Village Art Center Association in San Diego, San Diego Art Institute, Photographic Society of America, and member of the board of Darkroomers Club in San Diego. You can see his work in Spanish Village on certain Sundays. You can also see (and buy) his pictures in The Photo Arts Buildings in Balboa Park in San Diego. He is a holder of Harris Wallace (monochrome photography) and Pitt Warner (color photography) trophies for year 2008, and again for 2009.
Calendar of exhibitions:
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2009:
Gallery Scarabeus, Prague, 3/11-4/19
Photo Arts Building, Balboa Park, San Diego, 5/1-5/31
San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, 5/15-5/31
Ministry of Agriculture, Prague, 12/3
2010:
Late and Magical Light at Centrum FotoSkoda, Praha, March 29 - April 10
Signatures - Places, People, Things, at Centrum FotoSkoda, Praha, May 17 - May 29
