Vojtěch Sláma was born in 1974 in Brno, Czech Republic. He studied at the School of Artistic Crafts in Brno and in 2009, he received an M.F.A. from the Institute of Creative Photography, School of Arts and Sciences, Silesian University in Opava. 

The twin-lens reflex camera, related to the creative philosophy of the Czech Parallax Group, of which Sláma was a founding member, has remained a paramount tool for his work up to the present day. Sláma does not limit himself to the square format, his creative process encompasses a range of formats from 35 mm to 13x18 cm. He is represented by Klompching Gallery in New York, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery in Dallas, and See+ Gallery in Beijing.

Sláma was featured in a 2003 exhibit titled The Photographic Eye, curated by Wendy Watriss, and in the FotoFest Houston exhibition Velvet Generation in 2019, curated by Steven Evans.  Sláma views traveling as an unfinished process, during which collections like India Tourist, Hájenka-Pulkov, and American Tourister were created. Another Sláma’s source of inspiration is interior design, reconstructing old houses, and building custom bicycles. 

At present Sláma prefers going back to his beginnings, using mostly 35mm film in landscape orientation. He lives in Brno in an apartment above Café Flexaret that he opened in 2013 as a place for jazz and folk concerts, photography exhibitions, and other pleasures, and teaches at the School of Artistic Crafts in Brno.