M. Hrubá, P. Scheufler, T. Štanzel – Good Light!
#1 min Josef Moucha
22. 1. 2026
The National Technical Museum continues to expand its series Krása historické fotografie (The Beauty of Historical Photography) with publications that revisit both the various conceptual trends and the technical developments of the field. This time, it draws on a study of amateur photography, all but forgotten by much of today’s audience. The interests of photographers have always overlapped, however, meaning the publication’s focus is a welcome one. This significant scholarly contribution was indeed recognised by the organisers of the book biennial of the Central European House of Photography in Bratislava, who awarded the collective of authors one of the main prizes in the historical section.
Text: Josef Moucha
Josef Moucha
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Iwona Germanek – Herbarium
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Lucie Černá, Michal Novotný (eds.) – Libuše Jarcovjáková
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Jan Douša – Bob Krčil (1952–1992). Žít, jako by šlo o život (Live Like Your Life’s On the Line)
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Eugenia Maximova – Silent River
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Flashes of old memories
“Bohdan Holomíček, an artist of life: continuous action, outputs while you wait.” This was the conclusion of my recommendation, written six years ago, to the Association of Professional Photographers of the Czech Republic, which then indeed proceeded to decorate Holomíček with the title of Personality of Czech Photography for his long-standing contribution to the field.
#4 min Josef Moucha, Libuše Jarcovjáková
Notes From Libuše Jarcovjáková
The Czech Design Academy has inducted Libuše Jarcovjáková (b. 1952) into its Hall of Fame for her lasting cultural impact just as cinemas are screening the photographer’s memoirs I’m Not Everything I Want to Be and the National Gallery Prague is celebrating the success of her retrospective.
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On Authorship
I don’t need a theme… I am a theme! – that, in short, is the shift that is making its way across social media (and not exclusively, either) where quantity manifests as a practically riveting movement. Never before has the field of photography existed with any semblance of the massiveness of contemporary practice – power and incisiveness contained in a message of non-negligible quality, however, remains just as rare as ever.
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