Last Marie Šechtlová's exhibition
was organized as retrospective from beginning of her carrier in
1950's up to the digital photomontages done in 1990's and 2000.
Exhibition was prepared for her 80th birthday in cooperation with
curator Antonín Dufek
Marie Šechtlova, nee Kokešova (1928–2008) began her photographic
career in 1945. After her marriage to Josef Šechtl, she helped
develop the family Šechtl & Voseček photographic studio until
1953, when it was nationalized by the communist government. In the
late 1950s, she became an art photographer, and in the 1960s, she
was one of most successful photographers of "the poetry of the
everyday". Together with her husband, she published a number of
books, and produced many exhibitions, and also pioneered the use of
large scale photographic prints for interior decoration. She now
concentrates on digital photography.
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| Marie and
Josef Šechtl, 1951 |
Marie Šechtlová
and Daughter Marie Michaela, Bulgaria (1955) |
Sad Hockey
Player, Tábor (1959) |
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| Lužnice River,
Tábor (1959) |
Soldiers
(1960) |
From
“Agriculture” series (1950's) |
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| From
“Agriculture” series (1950's) |
Experimental
Combine Harvester ŽM 330 (1950's) |
From
“Gypsies” series, Tábor (1961) |
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| From
“Gypsies” series, Tábor (1961) |
From
“Gypsies” series, Tábor (1961) |
From
“Gypsies” series, Tábor (1961) |
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| Summer
House Hvězda, Prague (1964) |
Charles
Bridge, Prague (1964) |
Prague
Castle, Prague (1964) |
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| Gas
Reservoir, Prague (1964) |
Self
Portrait, Tábor (1964) |
The House I
Live in (1964) |
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| Beatific
(1962) |
Twins,
Brittany (1968) |
Wenceslas
Square, Prague (1962) |
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| South Bohemia
from Helicopter, Lipno (1966) |
South
Bohemia from Helicopter (1966) |
South
Bohemia from Helicopter, Tábor (1966) |
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| South
Bohemia from Helicopter (1966) |
Brittany
(1968) |
Paris
(1965) |
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| Paris
(1965) |
Paris
(1965) |
Paris
(1970's) |
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| Paris
(1965) |
Romance
in the Forest (1975) |
Book
cover (1980's) |
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| Miraculous day (1970's or
1980's) |
Danger
of Civilization (1970's or 1980's) |
Black Sun (1970's or
1980's) |
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| Music (1966) |
Velvet
Revolution, Tábor (1989) |
Velvet
Revolution (1989) |
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| Self
Portrait (1990's) |
Woman with Hat, New
York (1964) |
Hat
(1990's) |
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| Dance, Laterna
Magica, Prague (1964) |
Dance
(1990's) |