About
Slovak artist and architectural photographer based in Prague, working between artistic practice and architectural photography.
I'm Peter Fabo, a photographer, artist and architectural photographer based in Prague. Fabo is said to be originally a name from Sicily, but I am a Slovak from the countryside. I look for my roots in images found on street corners, in small everyday still lifes, or at the edge where the forest meets the light. Art is what I was born for, commercial work is what I live from. I know that photography can change reality, but I like the world as it is. That's why I don't lie with my photographs and I like to convey the real beauty of things. I am a poetic pedant and also an educator: working with students at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM) helps me maintain the necessary level of rebellion that one could easily lose in the middle of the city's instant reality. I'm not arrogant, but the camera is also just a machine: if you don't believe in yourself, it won't give its best. Dialogue is not an excuse for making concessions. I communicate well — a photographer should be a creative person with humility. Alongside my artistic work, I also collaborate with architects and institutions on architectural and spatial photography. I keep the agreed price and deadlines. I have three children, and thanks to the twins I know that great content cannot be duplicated.