Aleksandra Vajd (1971) and Hynek Alt (1976) both hold a BA and an MA in Photography from FAMU in Prague. Aleksandra holds as well a degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Ljubljana from 1997. From 2004 to 2006 both received a Fulbright Scholarship to study photography at SUNY, New Paltz, NY. Hynek recived his second MFA at SUNY New Paltz, USA in the year 2006.
Our work has appeared in numerous exhibitions in Europe (Futura and Josef Sudek Atelier in Prague, Modern Gallery, City Museum and City Gallery in Ljubljana) and the United States (Bard College and Samuel Dorsky Museum in New Paltz, the Czech Center in NYC, Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Bard College). We have received numerous grants and awards (for individual please view the detailed list), among them the 2005 First Prize of the Frame005 Award, Brno, Czech Republic, a 2006 nomination for the Deutsche Borse Photographic Award, London, Great Britain, and we were Finalists for the 2006 OHO Group Award, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Year 2007 we received honorable mention at the Aperture, New York, USA. We are one of the founders of the association Format1 and a co-editors of the magazine Fotograf, in Prague.