Of Wolves And Men
Robert Vano and his works have been a significant influence to many young artists. He is known all around the world. Now he lives and works primarily in Prague. He comes from Slovakia from a similar background as Andy Warhol. As a renowned photographer, Vano has personally met the pop art icon. As a globetrotter whose home is everywhere and nowhere, Vano has had a tortuous life career. His way to fulfilling the American dream was never simple; he often had to start again from scratch. The byways of his life, his rises and falls, his childhood memories of Slovakia, his escape to the free West, his return to post-revolution Czechoslovakia; all of these represent a challenge to a documentarist. Together with Vano, we take a virtual trip in time from New York to Italy, France and Germany for more work. Then back to Czechoslovakia where Prague charmed him so much that he stayed for the next twenty years. "It's really funny that I'm running away from a place where I wanted to be free, finding freedom right here - in Prague", he says about the city which he would never leave for America again. Robert Vano can talk about his life openly and freely. The spectators will love him for his experience, sense of humour, modesty and grace. It is easy to love him just like he falls in love with his photographic objects. Since that is the only way for his photographs to be filled with powerful emotions.