Photographic Stories

A selection from exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Photographic stories” held in Šechtl and Voseček Museum of Photography.

Josef Šechtl (1925–1992) and his wife Marie Šechtlová (1928-2008) took over the Šechtl and Voseček studio. Marie in particular, brought a feminine emotive element to their work. In the 1960's, she was among the most successful photographers of "the poetry of the everyday". Following the nationalisation of the studio by the Communist government in 1953, they continued as freelance photographers, mounting many exhibitions and producing a number of publications, including Jižní čechy, Hradec Králové, Loutky. Together they were a team of art photographers, pioneering colour photography and the use of large photographs for interier decoration.
New York (October 1964) New York (October 1964) New York (October 1964)

Leningrad, now St. Petersburg (1963) Poet Stepan Schipachov and Marie Šechtlová (Moscow, 1963) Leningrad, now St. Petersburg (1963)

Rain song (Moscow, 1963) On the swiming place Paris (1965)

Paris (1965) Market at porte de clignancourt (Paris, 1965) Market at porte de clignancourt (Paris, 1965)

Market at porte de clignancourt (Paris, 1965) Stairs to the Paradise (Paris, 1965) Seller, Les Halles (Paris, 1965)

Brittany, Sable de L’omme (1968) Nude — girl with braid (1963) Nude — girl with braid (1963)

Nude — In the Bath (1961) Nude — Girl hanging laundry (1962) Man searching (1964)

New year postcard Dance (1964) Set of photographs for book "Děti kapitána Kohla" (1961)

From set of photog raphs “Circus” (1963) From set of photog raphs “Circus” (1963) From set of photographs “Circus” (1963)

From set of photographs “Circus” lion - tamer (1963) From set of photog raphs “Circus” (1963) České Budějovice – Behind a Window (1962)

Jiří Voskovec, Actor, in New York (1964) Jiří Voskovec, Actor, in New York (1964) Gulf of Finland (Russia, 1963)

Marie Šechtlová Vladimír Tesař, painter, in his studio (1968) Josef Šíma (Paris, 1967)

Jan Noha, poet (1962) Jean Effel (Paris, 1967) Marie Šechtlová

South Bohemia from helicopter (1966) South Bohemia from helicopter (1966) South Bohemia from helicopter (1966)

South Bohemia from helicopter (1966) View from the Terrace of Raul Tubiano (Paris, 1970)