Czechoslovakia experienced stormy days in January 1969. They were started by the act of student Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square on January 16 in protest against the Soviet occupation and in order to rouse people from passivity. Pictures from the exhibition of well-known Czech photographers in Kutná Hora show what … Read more
What was 2023 like? The shots chosen by Aktuálně.cz photojournalist Jakub Plíhal for the series Photos of the Year speak volumes about his character. “I couldn’t help but choose images from a frontline village in Ukraine and the humanitarian center here, which was later bombed by the Russians,” he says. In the photo gallery, he … Read more
During a photo shoot for a newspaper or a website, a person gets to all kinds of places, sometimes even unexpected ones. “This year, my work brought me to an erotic museum, to the cabin of a plane with a pilot who had previously managed to land on the roof of a skyscraper, to an … Read more
Traditional African religions, Easter processions in Sicily, Kurban Hayit celebrations in Uzbekistan and lavish weddings in the Tara Oasului region of Romania. Photographer Michal Novotný has had a year full of travel, and readers of Aktuálně.cz also had the opportunity to follow his reports. “I’m slowly packing again and I have seven weeks in Indonesia … Read more
After a year, the series Photos of the Year is coming back to Aktuálně.cz. It presents the best images of photographers whose work you can meet not only on the pages of this website, but also in other titles of the Economia publishing house. We decided not to start with news photos this year and … Read more
They themselves decided to contact the nude photographer and with her help they try to find their image and define themselves. The new exhibition Clients presents a lesser-known part of the work of Tereza z Davle in the Czech Photo Center gallery. She doesn’t work with models here, her heroines are real women with strong … Read more
Bohdan Holomíček’s photographs are an extraordinary visual chronicle of our lives. They capture ordinary moments, such as the photographer’s father drinking water from a forest well, as well as events that went down in history – such as the year 1968. The Torst publishing house is now preparing his new book, which captures the years … Read more
An image of a heartbroken owl, a giraffe who is solving why it is not good to poke your nose into other people’s things, and a fox enjoying life in style – comfort, relaxation, a cigar. These are just some of the dozens of funny photos that made it to the finals of the Comedy … Read more
An image of a heartbroken owl, a giraffe who is solving why it is not good to poke your nose into other people’s things, and a fox enjoying life in style – comfort, relaxation, a cigar. These are just some of the dozens of funny photos that made it to the finals of the Comedy … Read more
David Těšínský photographed in various places around the world, and his narration in the book Another Beauty is somewhat reminiscent of the novel On the Road by beatnik legend Jack Kerouac. There alternate stories about strange buddies with whom he drank, about drugs, sex, music, but also philosophical reflections and a description of the serious … Read more