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The King of Mordor won by a Czech photographer in the main competition of artistic photographers | Currently.cz

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The King of Mordor won by a Czech photographer in the main competition of artistic photographers | Currently.cz

Photo: Denisa Zbrankova Albaniová, Creative Photography Awards 2024 According to Denisa Zbrankova Albaniová, the white Swiss shepherd in the picture symbolizes the white spirit, the white magician, the protector and the hope that never dies. The photo impressed the jury of the Creative Photo Awards competition and won in the Animals category. Another Czech photographer, … Read more

Unique photos from North Korea. You can’t even cross the street without permission, says Jan Šibík

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Unique photos from North Korea. You can’t even cross the street without permission, says Jan Šibík

Very few people get photos from North Korea closed. But there is an even more difficult challenge. Get there and take pictures several times in a row. Czech photographer Jan Šibík succeeded – something that is quite remarkable even from a global perspective. He arrived in the country of the dictators Kim Jong-il and Kim … Read more

Clever photos for the Pirelli calendar. Go behind the scenes with the photographer

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Clever photos for the Pirelli calendar. Go behind the scenes with the photographer

Photo: Pirelli Calendar 2025, Aktuálně.cz Picture Updated 6 hours ago The long-awaited Pirelli annual calendar announces a return to consciousness this year. Fashion photographer and former model Ethan James Green was immediately clear about the tone of this year’s images. “I wanted to go back to the generic classes, that is, what we think of … Read more

In his hand have been the skulls of the saints and the crown jewels. The photographer additionally is aware of the hazards hidden within the grave | At present.cz

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In his hand have been the skulls of the saints and the crown jewels. The photographer additionally is aware of the hazards hidden within the grave | At present.cz

Uncommon historic artifacts, mysterious caves with historical work, harmful Egyptian skulls and tombs. One would anticipate one thing like this from the script of journey films about Indiana Jones. The photographer Martin Frouz, who’s an professional in taking photos of monuments, nonetheless, comes throughout such issues very often. He held in his fingers the crown … Read more

Kocab, Kratochvílová and Noid. Pictures of outrageous musicians dominated the Rock Café

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Kocab, Kratochvílová and Noid. Pictures of outrageous musicians dominated the Rock Café

The man and the mask in different forms. Photographer Vojtěch Vlk has been exploring a phenomenon that has been intertwined throughout human history for a long time. His latest show at the Rock Café club in Prague focuses on masks in music. On large black and white and color images, we find Michael Kocáb, Jana … Read more

Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024: Graveyard of whales, sunken tanks and the beauty of ballerinas

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Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024: Graveyard of whales, sunken tanks and the beauty of ballerinas

The image of a diver floating above a whale cemetery off the coast of Greenland has become the absolute winner of a world underwater photography competition. Its author is A. Dawson from Sweden. He won the championship in a competition of more than six and a half thousand shots. The photo gallery shows all the … Read more

Mardi Gras like the old days. There was even a “pleasure for men’s eyes” in the open-air museum in Khuim

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Mardi Gras like the old days. There was even a “pleasure for men’s eyes” in the open-air museum in Khuim

A dancing masquerade jumped right in front of my lens and showed it an image “for the pleasure of the male eye” that our great-grandfathers’ generation would have considered shameful. Yes, Mardi Gras used to be debaucherous holidays – people wanted to enjoy some joy, food, alcohol and let loose between the fasts of Christmas … Read more

Switch, tile, handle. Photographer Jana Šturdíková documented the transformation of the house from 1936 for years

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Switch, tile, handle. Photographer Jana Šturdíková documented the transformation of the house from 1936 for years

The architect will design the house so that it is perfect from his point of view. However, over the years, his work is transformed, people fix non-functional elements and modify many things to their liking. For eleven years, the Slovak photographer carefully documented these transformations in one functionalist house in Bratislava, which was built in … Read more

Moravian Slovácko: at the head of the most beautiful places in the world, which take photographers’ breath away

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Moravian Slovácko: at the head of the most beautiful places in the world, which take photographers’ breath away

The undulating fields of Moravské Slovácko have an extraordinary charm: they are sure to impress the juries of photography competitions all over the world. Imitations of several pictures that Moravian photographers made famous on the Internet years ago, in an almost unchanged form, collect prices quite regularly. This time, the version by Slovenian Andreja Ravnaková … Read more

Wallachia, my home. Exhibition of photographs by Josef Vrázel in Prague’s Leica Gallery

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Wallachia, my home. Exhibition of photographs by Josef Vrázel in Prague’s Leica Gallery

It’s a bit of a paradox. Photographer Josef Vrázel describes himself as a shy person and an introvert. Nevertheless, he visits strangers at their homes, talks with them and captures the stories of their lives through his lens. Basically, he only takes photos in a few villages in the Vsetínská Bečva valley. “I couldn’t even … Read more