Shutter and Apertures: Still Life - Josef Sudek.

Josef Sudek was a Czech photographer born in 1896. In 1915, he was drafted into the war, however, was dismissed due to his arm needing amputation. However, this did not stop him taking up and focusing on photography. He is most well known for his photographs taken in Prague. This Gelatin Silver Print was created in 1945 by Artist Josef Sudek.

Josef Sudek was a Czech photographer best known for his elegiac black-and-white images of Prague, interiors, still lifes, and the landscapes of Bohemian forests. Many of Sudek’s most memorable images were taken from the window of his small studio, documenting his humble courtyard during changing weather and light conditions.

Josef Sudek and Photographic Documentation of Works of Art: From a Private Art Archive to Representing a Cultural Heritage. The project undertaken by the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences is concerned with research into and presentation of the issues relating to the photographic documentation of art works, a subject that has hitherto been neglected in the Czech milieu.

Robert Frank (1924 - 2019) Robert Frank is the man behind The Americans, one of the most influential photo books I can think of.The images in The Americans are raw and emotional, full of energy and motion. They are not refined in any way. For years I wondered how this came about and the more I read about Frank, the more I come to understand how deliberate this style was.

Josef Sudek, photo: CTK “This house where we are now is a copy of the original house which was destroyed by fire in the middle of the 1980s. The original house was built at the beginning of the.

Many theorists and photo- graphers pointed out in the 1940s that documentary photo- graphy, already popular at the time, functioned above all as a testimony of the photographer himself, being as such subjective in nature.8 Although Sudek was a. essays. ed., Josef Sudek ed.

Review for all aspects of cultural life. Magazine typography and original wrappers in red and black designed by Ladislav Sutnar (1897-1976), who was one of the twentieth century's most influential designers. Black-and-white photographs mostly by Josef Sudek (1896-1976). Text in Czech language (poems, essays, reviews - see full list in the photo).

During a legendary career that spanned almost six decades, Czech photographer Josef Sudek, the poet of Prague, developed a craftsmanship and technical virtuosity that was unparalleled among his contemporaries. Early in his career, though the prevailing art movements of the 1920s and 30s included cubism, surrealism, and the Czech avant-garde, Sudek sought his own approach.

So Hing Keung commented that Josef Sudek use “Straight Photography” in photo creation, he takes whatever he sees, and his strength is to come up with some deep meanings and ideology or philosophy of life from a very simple object (12). Such inspiration allows So Hing Keung to explore further in his mission through photography.

Luminous-Lint collecting photography Photographer Josef Sudek. Dates: 1896, 17 March - 1976, 15 September: Born: Czechoslovakia, Kolin nad Labem.

This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Josef Sudek - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer. About the Author. Each featured photographer will be among the world's very best.