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Tag / Black & White
March 4, 2016

Photo Lens: Jiří Macht Poetic Prague

All of the images are from the book entitled Praha Poeticka or Poetic Prague. The photographer of these lovely images is Jiří Macht (born 1949). The scenes, a lonely looking Prague in black and white. Enjoy… Which image is your favorite? If you have not already subscribed to get TresBohemes.com delivered to your inbox, please use the...
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CULTURE, Photography
February 10, 2016

Marilyn Monroe in Black

Milton Greene pulled out his camera in 1956 and photographed what came to be known as the Black Sitting. Photographed in his studio in New York, this has to be my personal favorite of Marilyn photographs. Marilyn Monroe in black has to be the special photographic series people recognize as the ULTIMATE Monroe-Greene achievement. What I love...
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LIFESTYLE
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November 13, 2015

Bohemian Jewelry Fashion Show 1964

On February 7th in 1964, a chic fashion luncheon was held showing off the latest styles in bijouterie. Modern jewelry, brooches, bangles, beads and other ladies ornamentation was shown, both on trays, displays and on models at this Bohemian Jewelry Fashion Show. Bohemia has always played a very important role in the history of costume jewelry. It was in...
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LIFESTYLE
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November 8, 2015

Czech Puppets from the 1960s

Remember the wonder of puppets? Hand puppets or marionettes, Czech children have a long history of loving to watch puppet shows. Below are several various photographs of Czech puppets from the 1960s of all types and shapes at an exhibition which took place in Prague on April 16, 1964. There are sweet little townspeople puppets. Lovely...
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LIFESTYLE
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November 7, 2015

Photographs of Exile by Josef Koudelka

In the May of 1970 Josef Koudelka left his country, intending to avoid retribution for his 1968 photo series Invasion. Despite the fact that the photographs had been published anonymously, Koudelka feared reprisal for the 1968 photographs, which recorded the Soviet invasion of Prague. “From that moment, I was afraid to go back to Czechoslovakia...
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CULTURE, Photography
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November 5, 2015

The Prague Invasion of 1968

Josef Koudelka returned home from Romania in the August of 1968, a mere two days before the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. As the military forces of the Warsaw Pact invaded the city of Prague and the tanks rolled in, Koudelka took to the streets, where he recorded the historical event with his camera. His photographs...
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History, NOSTALGIA
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November 4, 2015

Brno City of the Future 1956

I bet you had no idea that Brno Built the Future in 1956… “In the city of Brno, modernism lives on. Brno, the capital of Moravia and the Czech Republic’s second-largest city, is a long way from Chicago. But in the 1920s and 1930s, it was one of the hotbeds of Modernism in Central Europe.” –International...
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Architecture, CULTURE, History
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November 3, 2015

Gypsies or Cikáni by Josef Koudelka

Gypsies or Cikáni (Czech for “gypsies”) is a collection of photographs taken by Josef Koudelka between 1962 and 1971. The photographs offer a look at Roma Society and the Gypsie’s way of life in various European countries. Koudelka originally planned to publish the photographs in Prague, but due to the Soviet invasion in 1968, he...
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CULTURE, Photography
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November 1, 2015

Groovy Czech Fashion Show from 1969 Prague

Groovy Czech Fashion Show from 1969 Prague. The exact date of this extravaganza, May 6, 1969. The place, a special fashion catwalk set up at Lucerna Hall in Prague. The occasion, modeling the latest European fashions. The models, the outfits are modeled by beauty queens from Austria, Spain, France and our own Miss Economy of Czechoslovakia, dancing, giggling and...
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LIFESTYLE
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October 30, 2015

Antonín Kratochvíl

Antonín Kratochvíl is a Czech-born American photojournalist who has not only captured some of the most incredible photos of this day and age, won the World Press Photo Award in four different categories, and founded VII Photo Agency, but has also been an incredible inspiration for young photographers around the world. His list of many achievements...
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CULTURE, Photography
October 22, 2015

Rita Hayworth Visiting Prague in 1946

Who would have imagined that right after World War II, the famous Hollywood actress born as Margarita Carmen Cansino in 1910 would be coming to then called Czechoslovakia. Yes… ‘the’ Rita Hayworth Visiting Prague in 1946. She visited Karlovy Vary, too. 1946 was the year of the first Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) and she was scheduled to make an...
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PEOPLE, Women
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October 21, 2015

Light and Shadow by Jaromír Funke

Jaromír Funke was a Photographer Born in Skuteč, Czech Republic. During the 1920s, he was recognized for his unique work and became a leading figure in Czech photography. His photographs were unconventional and expressive. He would photograph inanimate objects such as bottles, glass, and plates, using the contrast of light and shadow to create original still...
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CULTURE, Photography
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October 2, 2015

What Ikea May Have Looked Like In 1954

When we think of shopping, especially when we are thinking of furnishing a dorm room or our first apartment, stereotypes (and advertising execs) have taught us to think of walking through the maze at super-sized Ikea. But today, I stumbled upon some images of over 60 years ago that show Scandinavian (or Nordic) style and design...
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Art and Design, CULTURE
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