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| Author: | Jiří George Erml |
| Category: | Books, Photography, Art |
| Language: | English and Czech |
| Translation: | Stephan van Pohl |
| Page count: | 120 |
| Binding: | Hbk |
| ISBN: | 978-80-7437-074-8 |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Issue number: | 1 |
| Price: | 20 EUR |
| Size: | 21 x 23 cm |
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In Erml’s photographs, the world of New York bars, the topography of pubs and taverns, comes to life as more than a mere guide to the big city, but as a place where we can sense the layering of time, the original order of things, everyday rituals. New York’s bars are Erml’s labyrinth of emotions, his boundary between the universally human qualities of uncertainty and trust. In his photographs, they are an expression of his twin roots – alluding to the tradition of Czech photography while reflecting his admiration for the free microcosm of a constantly changing society and the form of our memory.
Czech Photography of the 20th Century, published simultaneously in Czech and English versions, is the first book to present the main trends, figures, and works of Czech photography from the beginning to the end of the last century to such a large extent. Its 517 plates include not only the most important, well-known photographs and photomontages, but also works that have long been forgotten or are published for the first time. The book is arranged in seventeen chapters, supplemented with chronologies of the most important events in twentieth-century Czech photography and history.