Internationalizing Czechoslovak Photography under State Socialism: The Book Series Umělecká fotografie, 1958–1968

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Internationalizing Czechoslovak Photography under State Socialism: The Book Series Umělecká fotografie, 1958–1968

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In 1958, the state publishing house SNKL(H)U/Odeon launched a series of small-format monographs on Czech, Slovak and foreign photographers, both past and present. Titled Umělecká fotografie (Artistic Photography), the series aimed to popularize photography as an art form among the general public. This article examines the series’ development during its peak publishing period between 1958 and 1968 and explores the various ways in which it sought to position Czechoslovak photography within an international context. Drawing on a transnational network, the series included both photographers from Eastern bloc countries such as Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the USSR, and from the West, to fuel its discussion of artistic photography as a primarily documentary form. This international outlook extended to exporting the series abroad: several titles were reissued in foreign languages, both through the Czech export-oriented publishing house Artia and in collaboration with Grossmann Publishers in New York. What these endeavors reveal about the state of photography under socialism further undermines the conventional East / West dichotomy of normative realism versus unrestricted formal experimentation. Instead, they highlight a process of co-construction: photography under state socialism shared with the West a commitment to the cultural valorization of the medium, as well as a documentary engagement with reality and a humanist approach to photographing mankind.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Internationalizing Czechoslovak Photography under State Socialism: The Book Series Umělecká fotografie, 1958–1968

Popis výsledku anglicky

In 1958, the state publishing house SNKL(H)U/Odeon launched a series of small-format monographs on Czech, Slovak and foreign photographers, both past and present. Titled Umělecká fotografie (Artistic Photography), the series aimed to popularize photography as an art form among the general public. This article examines the series’ development during its peak publishing period between 1958 and 1968 and explores the various ways in which it sought to position Czechoslovak photography within an international context. Drawing on a transnational network, the series included both photographers from Eastern bloc countries such as Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the USSR, and from the West, to fuel its discussion of artistic photography as a primarily documentary form. This international outlook extended to exporting the series abroad: several titles were reissued in foreign languages, both through the Czech export-oriented publishing house Artia and in collaboration with Grossmann Publishers in New York. What these endeavors reveal about the state of photography under socialism further undermines the conventional East / West dichotomy of normative realism versus unrestricted formal experimentation. Instead, they highlight a process of co-construction: photography under state socialism shared with the West a commitment to the cultural valorization of the medium, as well as a documentary engagement with reality and a humanist approach to photographing mankind.

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J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60401 - Arts, Art history

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny

ISSN

1802-8918

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Svazek periodika

19

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

39

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

42

Strana od-do

120-161

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105035205187