Jan-Henry Engström – Dimma Brume Mist
#1 min Markéta Kinterová
5. 3. 2026
Many photographic books can be read from the middle, the end or the beginning. That alone is a pleasant invitation into their inner world, and in this case, also because the book functions as a kind of distillation of Engström’s work. The artist has reached a point of maturity and taken the time to revisit his archive; a process he describes as bringing him “the beauty of uncertainty” and a search primarily for movement, but also for oppositions or, conversely, motifs that support one another and evoke emotions and thoughts. As an audience, we may be captivated by the book’s lack of direction, its openness – whatever we choose to call it. It is like a river that flows: you can observe it from the shore, immerse yourself in it or even swim against the current. Nothing is required, no one judges us; we are simply allowed to look and let ourselves be guided by texts that reveal little about life, yet hint at much.
Text | Markéta Kinterová
#2 min Peter Watkins
Foto Arsenal Wien
Opened in March 2025, Foto Arsenal Wien (FAW) is Austria’s shiny new national centre for photography and lens-based media. Conceived as a dedicated platform for contemporary photographic practice in the expanded field, FAW situates itself as a medium-specific institutional space, presenting historically informed perspectives, an expansive international outlook, with a prerequisite emphasis on education and inclusivity.
#1 min Tereza Jobová
Tereza Jobová
#4 min Markéta Kinterová
“The Whole World in Images.” Václav Kopecký in Conversation
#6 min Markéta Kinterová
Paris Photo Is Exactly Where It Wants to Be – At the Top
For nearly three decades, Paris Photo has been the largest and most influential photography fair in the world. It attracts professionals, collectors, and the general public alike. The 28th edition took place this year at the Grand Palais in Paris from 13 to 16 November 2025 and offered five intense days full of exhibitions, meetings, discussions, guided tours, and hundreds of book signings.
#4 min Markéta Kinterová
Talk Together
Talk to her. Talk to him. Talk to them. Talk to yourself. The first statement is also the title of a beautiful film by Pedro Almodóvar, whose message suggests that true understanding often arises even when words fall short. I often think that if we simply followed that instruction, we could prevent numerous relational or societal crises regardless of gender or context. And so, the title for this issue, dedicated to the theme of language, came naturally: Talk Together.
#6 min Markéta Kinterová
Rencontres d’Arles 2025
The Rencontres d’Arles Festival is the world’s oldest photography festival and probably also the most visited. As its name suggests, it is an opportunity for encounters. Alongside the official program, dozens of spontaneous events, initiatives, and exhibitions emerge, both official and unofficial, transforming the town into a vibrant cultural organism. This year, I had the opportunity to experience the Rencontres d’Arles Festival through the eyes of someone who moves between their own artistic and pedagogical practice and above all as someone who believes that photography has the power not only to depict but also to shape the social context.
#2 min Markéta Kinterová, Redakce / Editorial
Fotograf Zone – Entering a New Era
For more than twenty years, Fotograf has become a respected player in the field of contemporary photography. Now we are combining our main activities - magazine, gallery and festival - under one platform: the Fotograf Zone. This change is not just a new name for us, but a natural outcome of long term work, thinking and dreaming.
#5 min Markéta Kinterová
Investigation
Society is standing at a threshold. At the threshold of what, however, is something no one knows for sure – some adhere to the technocratic interpretation of the digital revolution and its global consequences, others look for their own rendering of the situation and become aware of deeper spiritual values, and yet another group considers a combination of both or the transformation of these energies into an engaged approach and are motivated to initiate a change of the existing rules for the better. Those rules of order that are in disorder include the environmental crisis resulting from the greatly polluted state of the planet, the capitalistic exploitation of natural and human resources, military conflicts, the vehement production and promotion of weapons, the waves of human migration, the concentration of extreme wealth in the hands of a growing number of billionaires, increasing oligarchism, the disintegrating certainties of democratic organisation, authoritative regimes striving to strengthen their positions… and this is only a partial list of the current phenomena that reflect the contents of this issue.