Dalibor Bednář was born in Opava in 1960. He lives and works in Ostrava. He earns his living as a technician, whereas photography is his hobby. He took his first photograph when he was eighteen, and returned to photography after a break at the beginning of the nineties. He admires a classical approach to photography with an emphasis on black and white process. He is interested in a municipal architecture and relationships of people who live in towns and help to form them. He also devotes his attention postraits and nudes. He works with manual 35 mm SLR and medium format film cameras.
Since 2001 he has been regularly giving exhibitions individually or with friends. Since 2004 he has been publishing his own photo calendars. In 2010 he issued a monographical book called „Path of photography db“.
In 2003 he founded together with his old friend exhibition gallery G7 in Chelčického Street in Ostrava which he has been running up to now. Among others there are also exhibitions of photographs. Starting from January 2011, Galerie 7 is situated in Zámecká st. 2 in the Ostrava city center.
Dalibor Bednář was a member of photo club REFLEX in years 1978 – 1989, since 1995 he has been a member of FOTOKLUB OSTRAVA. He participates in exhibitions within the scope of collective exhibitions and projects of the photo club.
