“The dark images [of Josef Koudelka] stand in a stark contract to the dream-like pictures produced by Czech-American photographer Michael Borek … Although some of Borek’s images are described as playful, such as a balloon flying over Prague, many of his images are reminiscent of the empty sadness pervasive in Koudelka’s work.”
Washington Diplomat
“Michael Borek’s photographs hang in an eternal twilight.”
Washington Post Express
asleep: in or into a state of sleep
awake: mentally perceptive and responsive
wide asleep/half awake: sensation of simultaneously being awake and asleep