MRAZKOVA (Daniela) and REMEŠ (Vladimír). - Lot 222

MRAZKOVA (Daniela) and REMEŠ (Vladimír). Cesty československé fotografie [The Paths of Czechoslovak Photography]. Prague, Mladá fronta, 1989. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. A comprehensive history of Czechoslovak photography, richly illustrated, tracing the evolution of the medium from its origins through the late 1980s. The authors, Daniela Mrázková, a photography historian, and Vladimír Remeš, offer a comprehensive overview combining biographies, aesthetic analyses, and historical context. The book highlights the leading figures of Czech and Slovak photography, notably Josef Sudek, František Drtikol, Jaromír Funke, Karel Hájek, Miroslav Hák, Vilém Reichmann, and Jan Saudek, as well as numerous lesser-known photographers. It is illustrated with several hundred black-and-white and color reproductions, covering everything from pictorialist photography to the avant-garde, photojournalism, humanist photography, and contemporary art. Text in Czech. Condition: a very fine copy, dust jacket intact, pages fresh.