New Series Of Booklets On Historic Photography -- Šechtl & Voseček Museum of Photography

Aug. 31, 2009 - PRLog -- The Šechtl and Voseček Museum of Photography located in Tábor, Czech Republic has begun a new series of booklets on historic photography. Booklets are tentatively scheduled to be published three times a year in bilingual (Czech and English) edition.

Available now:

Šechtl and Voseček: a History of the Studio (Edited by Jan Hubička; Text by Josef Musil)

A selection of photographs spanning the history of the Sechtl & Vosecek photographic studio from the archive held by the Sechtl & Vosecek Museum of Photography. The history of this studio, the longest running private photographic studio in Bohemia, dates back to 1865, and spans three generations of the Sechtl family. The studio was located in Tabor, Czech Republic. The booklet contains 40 reproductions of rare photographs dated between 1864 and the 1980s, a history of the studio, brief biographies of the photographers, information about the Sechtl & Vosecek Museum, and the project of digitizing its historical archive. In both Czech and English.

Publisher Marie Šechtlová, ISBN 978-8090432314, paperback, 21x15 cm, 32 pages.

Publication date: September, 2009. Available for pre-order at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/809043231X/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

Ignác Šechtl: Tábor 1877-1885 (Edited by Marie M. Sechtlova; Text by Josef Musil)

Reproductions of rare and seldom-seen photographs in Carte-de-Visite format, taken in 1877 in Tabor, Czech Republic, by pioneering Czech photographer, Ignac Sechtl (Schachtl). The photographs represent important historical documents, as well as demonstrating the artistic vision of early Czech photographers. The booklet contains reproductions of 10 photographs in both their original size, and in enlarged detail, as well providing information about the Carte-de-Visite medium, and a biography of the photographer.

Publisher Marie Šechtlová, ISBN 978-8090432321, paperback, 21x15 cm, 32 pages.

Publication date: September, 2009. Available for pre-order at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/8090432328/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

Recent publications:

Marie Šechtlová: Photography 1860-1870 (by Antonín Dufek)

This monograph on one of the most influential Czech photographers of the 1960s, with texts by Antonín Dufek, Jan Kříž and the photographer, contains 100 full page photographs from her most famous works including New York, Russia, Romani People, Circus, Music, Nudes, and portraits of prominent people such as painters Josef Šíma, Jean Effel and poet František Hrubín. The book also contains additional reproductions from contemporary magazines, an interview by Josef Musil with the author's daughter Marie Michaela Šechtlová, as well as the most complete biography published to date, and a list of her exhibitions.

Publisher Marie Šechtlová, ISBN 978-80-904323-0-7, hardcover, 21x24 cm, 184 pages.

Available at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/8090432301/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

South Bohemia Exhibition in Tábor, 1929 – Professor Theodor Petřík and Tábor (by Eva Hubičková)

The phenomenon of Industrial Exhibitions in the 1920’s contributed to the introduction of modern architecture to smaller towns in Czechoslovakia. The South Bohemia Exhibition in Tábor in 1929, and the associated Czechoslovak Military Display, presented the architectural and urban work of two important Tábor citizens: architect Jan Chomutovský and Professor Theodor Petřík. The grand composition of Exhibition pavilions built on the banks of Lake Jordan amazed and inspired its visitors. Eighty years later, all that is left is a gym building (formerly the Pavilion of Trade), and a series of more than 300 photographs.

Exhibition catalog contains texts from exhibitions as well as reproductions of 27 photographs in Duotone.

Publisher Marie Šechtlová, ISBN 978-80-01-04364-6, paperback, 21x15 cm, 32 pages.

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For other publications by Šechtl & Voseček Museum of Photography and future booklets see http://sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz/en/publikace.html

To preview the booklets please contact Jan Hubička, honza@sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz.
High-res scans to your specification are available upon request; scanning from the book or lifting images from the mechanical file are strictly prohibited. For more information, please contact Jan Hubička, honza@sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz, Šechtl & Voseček Museum of Photography, Dukelských bojovníků 1944, Tábor, 390 03, Czech Republic

http://sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz/en/

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Private musem of photography in Tábor, Czech Republic. Museum specialize in exhibiting digitized historical photography. http://sechtl-vsecek.ucw.cz/en/

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