The exhibition Books of Nature provides a glimpse of the extensive photographic works of the zoologist, mycologist, photographer, and filmmaker Václav Staněk (1907–1983), who started publishing his photos in the 1930s. At the start of the next decade he saw the publication of the first of his voluminous popular science photography publications. In these books, the thoroughness of this scientist, who took on the task of sharing knowledge about nature and the living creatures that are a part of it, was reflected in a combination of what was at the time a unique method of record keeping and highly aesthetic images. It was specifically from these books that the curators took the materials for the exhibition that is being held as a part of this year’s Fotograf Festival. The young artistic photographer Johana Pošová (born in 1985) has been invited as the exhibition’s guest.
About Festival
The Fotograf Festival explores intersections in photography and contemporary art – just like its partner projects – Fotograf Gallery and Fotograf Magazine. Festival is held in Autumn months and it presents current topic through solo as well as group exhibitions prepared in cooperation with invited domestic or foreign curators in various Prague galleries and institutions. A series of discussions, atist talks, site-specific events, public space exhibitions, projections and guided/commented tours accompany that exhibition program. Fotograf Festival is the only thematic- and curator-conceived photography festival in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to promote the photographic medium and its broader integration into contemporary art and into the conscience of the general public.
The discussions, at which invited experts debate each other on the current festival theme in the context of visual art, are meant not only for the expert public, but for the lay public as well. Fotograf Festival looks to build a tradition and a new platform for a photography festival that places Prague among other important centers for photography and the visual arts in Europe. It strives to share contemporary photographic art and the creation of a thematically-focused space where the general public and experts from around the world can meet.
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Fotograf Festival is organised by
Fotograf 07 z.s.
Jungmannova 7
Praha 1, 110 00
info@fotografnet.cz
+420 605 553 432
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Team Team Fotograf Festival #13
Světlana Malinová
Creative director
svetlana.malinova@fotografnet.cz
Monika Čejková
Author of the concept & curator of the exhibition in Trade Fair Palace
Tina Poliačková
Curator of the exhibition in the Fotograf Gallery
Pavel Matěj
Manager of the Festival
pavel.matej@fotografnet.cz
Jan Hladonik
Marketing
jan.hladonik@fotografnet.cz
Graphic Design
Anymade Studio
Karina Golisová
Coordination
karina.golisova@fotografnet.cz
Tereza Vacková
Socials & Media Relations
tereza.vackova@fotografnet.cz
Viktorie Vítů
Accompanying Program
viktorie.vitu@fotografnet.cz
Markéta Kinterová
editor-in-chief Fotograf Magazine
marketa.kinterova@fotografnet.cz
Barbora Čápová
Production, advertisement Fotograf Magazine
barbora.capova@fotografnet.cz
Marie Rozmánková
Finance and Administration
marie.rozmankova@fotografnet.cz
Aleš Loziak
Web
ales.loziak@fotografnet.cz
Fotograf Festival is organized by Fotograf 07 z.s. under the auspices of the City of Prague, the Municipal District of Prague 1, Prague 7 and with the financial support of the Prague City Hall in the amount of CZK 300.000 the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the State Culture Fund of the Czech Republic. With support of the Government of Flanders.