Czech and Slovak photo publications, 1918-1989 = České a Slovenské fotografické publikace, 1918-1989 / Manfred Heiting ; essays by Vojtěch Lahoda, Amanda Maddox, Petr Roubal, James Steerman, Thomas Wiegand.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heiting, Manfred, editor, writer of introduction.

Lahoda, Vojtěch, writer of supplementary textual content.

Maddox, Amanda, writer of supplementary textual content.

Roubal, Petr, writer of supplementary textual content.

Steerman, James, writer of supplementary textual content.

Wiegand, Thomas, 1960- writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

Czech

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century.

Photography.

Photobooks--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century.

Photobooks.

History.

Czechoslovakia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

513 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 30 cm

Other Title:

České a Slovenské fotografické publikace, 1918-1989

Place of Publication:

Göttingen : Steidl, [2018]

Language Note:

Essays in English and Czech; captions and other descriptive texts in English.

Summary:

"This survey of Czech and Slovak photo publications commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Czechoslovakia on 28 October 2018. It demonstrates the persistent tradition of superior artistic imagination and technical ingenuity that is uniquely and wonderfully Czech and Slovak. Over its more than 1,000 years of existence the Czechs and Slovaks were only a free nation between 1918 and 1938 and again since 1989. When finally living under their own rule, photographers and writers, typographers and book designers, graphic artists and printers were consumed by a love of country and documented its landscapes, cities, national treasures, monuments and the life of its people with unflinching attention thus forming their unique cultural identity, even during Nazi annexation and 40 years of Communist occupation. In nine chapters this comprehensive book explores over 800 publications from 1918 to 1989, highlighting the work of more than 250 photographers and graphic artists"--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Czechoslovakia, photography and the Czech and Slovak photo publications / Manfred Heiting

Sokol Slets and Communist spartakiads / Petr Roubal

Photo publications 1920-1939

The perfection of sheet-fed gravure printing: V. Neubert and sons in Prague

Smichov / James Steerman

Josef Sudek: the poet with the camera / Vojtech Lahoda

The protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1939-1945, the Nazi war crimes at Terezin and Lidice. suppression, destruction and liberation / James Steerman

The Third Republic and the ascent of Communism 1945-1949 / James Steerman

The city photobook and the book as export for hard currency 1950-1989 / Thomas Wiegand

Photo publications 1950-1989

The walls and the books of Josef Koudelka / Amanda Maddox

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3958294979

9783958294974

OCLC:

1032352641