1948: Funeral of President Edvard Beneš

“Josef Jindřich Šechtla and Leica camera ” — Ninth exhibition of Šechtl & Voseček Museum of Photography.

The whole Šechtl family, including Josef Jindřich, his son Josef and Josef's wife Marie, took photographs at the funeral of Edvard Beneš. The main photographs were taken on 6×6 cm and 9×12 cm film, the 35 mm camera shots thus were taken as a sort of backup. Josef jindřich displayed the photograph of Edvard Beneš at his studio and was selling them until his death in 1954, even illegally after the studio was nationalized.