The image of a diver floating above a whale cemetery off the coast of Greenland has become the absolute winner of a world underwater photography competition. Its author is A. Dawson from Sweden. He won the championship in a competition of more than six and a half thousand shots. The photo gallery shows all the … Read more
A dancing masquerade jumped right in front of my lens and showed it an image “for the pleasure of the male eye” that our great-grandfathers’ generation would have considered shameful. Yes, Mardi Gras used to be debaucherous holidays – people wanted to enjoy some joy, food, alcohol and let loose between the fasts of Christmas … Read more
The architect will design the house so that it is perfect from his point of view. However, over the years, his work is transformed, people fix non-functional elements and modify many things to their liking. For eleven years, the Slovak photographer carefully documented these transformations in one functionalist house in Bratislava, which was built in … Read more
The undulating fields of Moravské Slovácko have an extraordinary charm: they are sure to impress the juries of photography competitions all over the world. Imitations of several pictures that Moravian photographers made famous on the Internet years ago, in an almost unchanged form, collect prices quite regularly. This time, the version by Slovenian Andreja Ravnaková … Read more
It’s a bit of a paradox. Photographer Josef Vrázel describes himself as a shy person and an introvert. Nevertheless, he visits strangers at their homes, talks with them and captures the stories of their lives through his lens. Basically, he only takes photos in a few villages in the Vsetínská Bečva valley. “I couldn’t even … Read more
Czechoslovakia experienced stormy days in January 1969. They were started by the act of student Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square on January 16 in protest against the Soviet occupation and in order to rouse people from passivity. Pictures from the exhibition of well-known Czech photographers in Kutná Hora show what … Read more
What was 2023 like? The shots chosen by Aktuálně.cz photojournalist Jakub Plíhal for the series Photos of the Year speak volumes about his character. “I couldn’t help but choose images from a frontline village in Ukraine and the humanitarian center here, which was later bombed by the Russians,” he says. In the photo gallery, he … Read more
During a photo shoot for a newspaper or a website, a person gets to all kinds of places, sometimes even unexpected ones. “This year, my work brought me to an erotic museum, to the cabin of a plane with a pilot who had previously managed to land on the roof of a skyscraper, to an … Read more
Traditional African religions, Easter processions in Sicily, Kurban Hayit celebrations in Uzbekistan and lavish weddings in the Tara Oasului region of Romania. Photographer Michal Novotný has had a year full of travel, and readers of Aktuálně.cz also had the opportunity to follow his reports. “I’m slowly packing again and I have seven weeks in Indonesia … Read more
After a year, the series Photos of the Year is coming back to Aktuálně.cz. It presents the best images of photographers whose work you can meet not only on the pages of this website, but also in other titles of the Economia publishing house. We decided not to start with news photos this year and … Read more