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Position of Czech Documentary Photography During the Normalization Era
Folk, Čeněk ; VANČÁT, Pavel (advisor) ; Ledvina, Josef (referee)
The subject of my thesis is the position of Czech documentary photography during the normalization era in Czech territory. The term "position" encompasses several aspects of review: political and creative conditions under which the Czech documentary photography was originating; its status within the photography as artistic discipline and within other artistic disciplines; thinking about documentary photography and its changes over time; social application of documentary photography and its impact on society and, last but not least, its impact on political events. In the 70s and 80s the Czech documentary photography reached the greatest expansion, despite the uneasy political background. My thesis examines (among other things) how, why and under what circumstances this boom occurred.
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Animal from the Garry Winogrand´s point of view
Tvarůžka, Václav ; DVOŘÁK, Tomáš (advisor) ; Ledvina, Josef (referee)
Work is an introduction to the work of Gary Winogrand and also analysis of the issue of limited possibility of looking which manifests in the particular problem, of impossibility of looking at animal. Work is based on essay from John Berger who concludes this communication problem trough the rise of capitalism and lost connection between human and animal creature. This thing is also connected to the phenomenon of zoological garden. Work is set in this certain context and further it is analyzing the photographs from Winogrand himself and also other authors, which are dealing with affinity problems like for example problem of authenticity (in the photography with the motive of animal), which is represented by Joan Fontcuberta. Or the problem of anthropomorphization (Walt Disney).
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Bob Krčil
Douša, Jan ; MOUCHA, Josef (advisor) ; Buddeus, Hana (referee)
The life and work of Bob Krčil have so far been known from fragments and unsubstantiated legends. The aim of this essayistic piece is to lay out the deeper motives of his personal trajectory, photographic oeuvre, and activities for the Czech exile community. Krčil’s photographic body of work is inseparably connected with his eventful life. The writing of the thesis was preceded by tracking down and putting together Krčil’s fragmented estate, sorting out his correspondence and writings, and interviewing people who knew him personally. By drawing on these materials, the thesis aims to provide insight into the life and motivations of this important figure of Czech exile culture.
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Propaganda and Documentary Photography in 1950s in Czechoslovakia
Abbasová, Sylvie ; Macků, Lucie (advisor) ; Štolfová, Andrea (referee)
The aim of the thesis Propaganda and Documentary Photography in 1950s in Czechoslovakia is to find out how the communist regime affected public via documentary photography published in its printed media Rudé Právo. The theoretical part explains the terms included in the name of the thesis such us propaganda, documentary photography, 1950s and printed media.
The practical part of the thesis uses both of the analyses. The quantitative analysis presents numbers of photographs according to perspectives of time and toppic. The qualitative analysis reveals what the documentary photography contents in connection with Propaganda. Years that are compared are 1950 and 1959.
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How War Photography Can Influence Public Opinion.
Sommersová, Barbora ; Horný, Stanislav (advisor) ; Souralová, Veronika (referee)
Because the reality of war is so far from our own, images captured from the field become the only visuals shaping our understanding of the course of events. This gives war photography a unique power that can be used to influence masses. The aim of this thesis is to illustrate the ways in which such photographs can be used to shape public opinion. It offers a theoretical understanding of the influences that are involved in forming the final effect a photograph has on its viewer. Then it specifies how these influences have been used by examining the visual representation of two wars: the War in Vietnam and the Spanish Civil War. My findings will be supported by my own experience of documenting the refugee crisis in the Balkans.
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The Chinese Humanistic Photographer Xue Huake
Shan, Xiaohui ; SILVERIO, Robert (advisor) ; KOLÁŘ, Viktor (referee)
Xue Huake is a contemporary Chinese humanistic documentary photographer. Until now he has made many successful photographic projects. He is the founder of the Photography Department at the China Academy of Art and head of the department from its very beginning. He is also a member of the Chinese Educational Photographic Society, Chairman of the Zhejiang Folk Photographic Society and a life member of the Royal Photographic Society with the highest award (Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society). In recent years, his works have been often exhibited in the well-known galleries and other art institutions in China and abroad. Over the years in the field of photography Professor Xue has received many awards, including: the first Chinese who received the first prize in the International Exhibition of Photography by Epson. The main published books: Photography from Travels, The Mysteries of Light and Shadow, Tibetan Burial, Tibetans, Walk through Old Streets of Hangzhou etc.
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Borders of Contemporary Documentary Photography
Vosáhlo, Martin ; KOLÁŘ, Viktor (advisor) ; SILVERIO, Robert (referee)
Thesis bearing the name ?Boarders of Contemporary Documentary Photography? is focused on specific development, which underwent foreign documentary photography for about last two decades. The work is divided into three separate chapters, each of them deals with a different topic. The first chapter deals with the process of integration of documentary photography in an artistic context. The following chapter provides detailed reports on a new trend in documentary photography, which is called conceptual documentary photography. The third part is devoted to the remarkable personality of contemporary documentary photography - Allan Sekula. His photographic and closely related theoretical work is so specific that it is allocated a separate area.
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New documents
Douša, Jan ; KOLÁŘ, Viktor (advisor) ; BÁRTA, Jaroslav (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to demonstrate on specific examples the most current documentary approaches in photography since 2000. The selection focuses on authors whose initial stimulus for their work comes from the fascination with the complexity and visuality of the outside world and from the urge to reflect on this fascination through the medium of photography. Purely conceptual and other approaches that use documentary photography merely as a platform for criticism and analysis of the medium of photography (with its relation to aesthetization or objectivity) are not included in this thesis. The selection of authors, due to the limited nature of the thesis, is not exhaustive. The thesis does not aim to serve as an overview, rather it presents a personal selection of representative authors balancing a wide scope of documentary approaches in their work. The latter include reinvented formal approaches derived from the tradition of the New Documents exhibition which I consider to be an important milestone in the post-war history of documentary photography, but also entirely fresh approaches, or new symbioses thereof. Historical context and critical discourse originating in the 1970s, which questions the documentary functions of photography in combination with aesthetization, create a background for the analysis of contemporary authors.
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