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Matúš Zajac

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  • Gypsies from Slovakia
  • The sadness in the circus
  • Ballerinas: School of Academic Dance Art
  • Lahka Muza & Black Magic / In progress
  • Rector Antonio Srholec & Resoty homeless people
  • Homeless -Asylum St. Luisa de Marillac 2011
  • Life and Death / In 2013 he won the one price on Czech Press Photo
  • Kenya - On the brink
  • The Slovak minority living in Romania
  • Forms of faith / book project
  • Passion in the box
  • Havana
  • East - Singapure, Bangkok, Dubai, Beijing, Dilli, Jerusalem, Hanoi
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  • Berlin - immigrants
  • Young gymnasts
  • Byzantine Catholic Church in Slovakia
  • Wounded horse & Ranch workers


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New living

New living

All together

All together

In the mirror

In the mirror

Blue House

Blue House

Neighbor in trouble

Neighbor in trouble

Madhouse

Madhouse

Dog canistherapy

Dog canistherapy

Before evictions

Before evictions

Madhouse, canistherapy

Madhouse, canistherapy

Before sleep

Before sleep

Coming to a mental institution

Coming to a mental institution

In the closet

In the closet

At night

At night

Always together with the problem of

Always together with the problem of

Without heating water

Without heating water

Blue House

Blue House

Madhouse, canistherapy

Madhouse, canistherapy

We are waiting for the worst

We are waiting for the worst

Madhouse, canistherapy

Madhouse, canistherapy

In room

In room

Mental exhaustion

Mental exhaustion

The daughter's return

The daughter's return

New housing

New housing

I do not have a place to live

I do not have a place to live

Canistherapy for the mentally ill

Canistherapy for the mentally ill

What next?

What next?

Canistherapy for the mentally ill

Canistherapy for the mentally ill

One window

One window

Madhouse, canistherapy

Madhouse, canistherapy

Neighbor in the Blue House

Neighbor in the Blue House

Blue House

Blue House

Uncertainty

Uncertainty

With its .....

With its .....

Parting with neighbors

Parting with neighbors

Had to retire

Had to retire

We are waiting for the worst

We are waiting for the worst

Crisis center

Crisis center

The view from the window in a new house

The view from the window in a new house

2018

2018

Daughter & Petra

Daughter & Petra

Blue House - demolition

Blue House - demolition

2017

2017

Daughter is going to the prom

Daughter is going to the prom

New housing

New housing

New housing, family

New housing, family

madhouse, canistherapy

madhouse, canistherapy

Fights before Christmas

Fights before Christmas

Neighbors in the house

Neighbors in the house

2016

2016

Madhouse, canistherapy

Madhouse, canistherapy

The problems

The problems

Virgin living

Virgin living

Madhouse, canistherapy

Madhouse, canistherapy

New housing

New housing

2015

2015

Home for Reaching

Home for Reaching

It is walk the dogs

It is walk the dogs

Bus station

Bus station

Madhouse

Madhouse

2017

2017

Crisis center

Crisis center

Welcome in a mental institution

Welcome in a mental institution

Canistherapy in a home for Reaching

Canistherapy in a home for Reaching

Virgin living

Virgin living

New housing

New housing

Robbed us

Robbed us

Furnishing rooms in the new house

Furnishing rooms in the new house

Autism

Autism

New cat

New cat

Children's tracks on the garage

Children's tracks on the garage

New relationship

New relationship

crush

crush

sunflower field

sunflower field

Swimming in the pond

Swimming in the pond

Home search

Home search

Exercises at a therapist

Exercises at a therapist

New relationship

New relationship

Madhouse

Madhouse

Madhouse, canistherapy

Madhouse, canistherapy

Before Christmas

Before Christmas

Canistherapy: From personal tragedy to helping the others

In visual essay from 2015–2019, is the story of a woman who, despite her complicated health condition and an uneasy life, emanates positive energy and transmits it to others by means of professional canistherapy. “I admit, I had nightmares after visiting inpatient facilities, I couldn´t sleep. Petra told me at that time: Close the door behind you. What is inside stays inside. Don´t take it home; otherwise, you´ll get mad. But now as I look at those pictures, I´m simply destroyed,” Treacherous illness makes it impossible for Petra to live a normal life. It is about a huge brain cyst spread all over one of the hemispheres and unexpected epileptic seizures related to it. According to doctors, she is 11 years after death. From the family life, she suddenly found herself on the periphery of the society, in the environment of the block of flats soaked with crime called “the Blue House,”- where drug addicts, prostitutes and various criminals lived. However, also people suffering from cancer, depressions and mental disturbances lived there. Petra and her partner provided themselves with dogs for protection and with the training for the foresight of the epileptic seizures, as well. The special training for „Canistherapy“, which is a helpful psychotherapeutic method, allows Petra to help people who have no other choice but to live in various social institutes or old people’s homes. Paradox? A person living in one room, without heating and gas, with three dogs and cats, from money hardly sufficient to pay the rent, helps people selflessly and sometimes completely for free. Unfortunately, after six years, all the inhabitants had to leave the block of flats from one day to another and they found themselves on the street. Petra found herself a new room in a house located in the countryside, where the light of hope that she could continue in helping the others shines through. Olga Havlova Foundation prize at the Czech Press Photo 2016.


New living
All together
In the mirror
Blue House
Neighbor in trouble
Madhouse
Dog canistherapy
Before evictions
Madhouse, canistherapy
Before sleep
Coming to a mental institution
In the closet
At night
Always together with the problem of
Without heating water
Blue House
Madhouse, canistherapy
We are waiting for the worst
Madhouse, canistherapy
In room
Mental exhaustion
The daughter's return
New housing
I do not have a place to live
Canistherapy for the mentally ill
What next?
Canistherapy for the mentally ill
One window
Madhouse, canistherapy
Neighbor in the Blue House
Blue House
Uncertainty
With its .....
Parting with neighbors
Had to retire
We are waiting for the worst
Crisis center
The view from the window in a new house
2018
Daughter & Petra
Blue House - demolition
2017
Daughter is going to the prom
New housing
New housing, family
madhouse, canistherapy
Fights before Christmas
Neighbors in the house
2016
Madhouse, canistherapy
The problems
Virgin living
Madhouse, canistherapy
New housing
2015
Home for Reaching
It is walk the dogs
Bus station
Madhouse
2017
Crisis center
Welcome in a mental institution
Canistherapy in a home for Reaching
Virgin living
New housing
Robbed us
Furnishing rooms in the new house
Autism
New cat
Children's tracks on the garage
New relationship
crush
sunflower field
Swimming in the pond
Home search
Exercises at a therapist
New relationship
Madhouse
Madhouse, canistherapy
Before Christmas

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