Czech Surrealism Photography and Emila Medková
Everyone has heard of the Surrealists, thanks to Salvador Dali, and if you look deeper, then you would hear of the French Surrealists, and find also the works of Surrealist Photography made by legendary photographers such as Man Ray, or Cartier-Bresson, and Eugene Atget. This is just scratching the surface, because further east, you will discover the Czech tradition of Surrealist Photography, which has only exhibited on rare occasion outside of the Czech Republic. While this Surrealist Photography was made famous by the Frenchies, the Czech counterpart was nonetheless intriguing and unique. Of course there were many similarities, such as the relative popularity of Surrealism post WWII, Frenc...Read more