Product Description: Essays by Vladimir Birgus, Jan Mlcoch.

Product Description: Contributions by Ladislav Kesner, Miroslav Vojtechovsky. Text by Vladimvr Birgus.

Product Description: Not until the fall of the communist regime in 1989 and the end of Czechoslovakia's cultural isolation did the world begin to appreciate the Czech avant-garde photographers of the first half of the twentieth century. This first survey of Czech avant-garde photography introduces the important work of František Drtikol, Jaromir Funke, Jaroslav Rössler, Jindøich Štyrský, Josef Sudek, and numerous others whose work made Czech photography synonymous with visions of modernity...read more

Product Description: The oeuvre of the leading Czech avant-garde photographer Eugen Wiskovsky (1888-1964) is not large in size or subject range, but it is noteworthy in its originality, depth of ideas, and mastery. Wiskovsky's early New Objectivist works, from the late 1920s and early 1930s, sought artistic effect in apparently nonaesthetic objects: His inventive lighting and cropping allowed their elementary lines to stand out, to lose their worldly associations and take on potential metaphorical meanings...read more

Product Description: The seventh edition of this essential directory offers the most comprehensive view of current European photography and photo-based art. Presenting over 2,600 individuals and institutions in 32 European countries, the guide includes detailed listings and descriptions of galleries and museums, magazine and book publishers, critics and journalists, schools and workshops, and associations complete with contacts...read more

Product Description: Jaroslav Rössler (1902-1990) was one of the Czech avant-garde photographers of the first half of the twentieth century whose work has only recently become known outside Eastern Europe. Czech photography in the twenties and thirties produced radical modernist works that incorporated principles of abstract art and constructivism; Jaroslav Rössler was one of the most important and distinctive artists of the period...read more

Product Description: Essay by Vladimir Birgus.