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Petra Růžičková: Fortress. The Stone Star Terezín (KANT, 2003). A book of photographs from Terezín Fortress, a place where time and history stand still, and a bizarre world closed in on itself. This art publication is accompanied by a foreword by Petr Pithart, a text of reminiscence by Arnošt Lustig, and a study by Jan Suk on the transformation of architectural labyrinths into art. | |||
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Arnošt Lustig: Odpovědi (‘Answers’, H&H, first edition 2000, second edition 2002, third edition Prostor, 2003). This book, containing conversations between Arnošt Lustig and the US journalist Harry James Cargass and the Czech scholar Michal Bauer, is illustrated with a set of black-and-white portraits of the writer. The book won a Magazín fotografie prize in the category ‘Literature Illustrated with Photography’. | |||
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Arnošt Lustig: Eseje (‘Essays’, H&H, 2001). A book of autobiographical essays, accompanied colour portraits of Arnošt Lustig taken in the authentic environment of Terezín Fortress, where the author was imprisoned during the war. | |||
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Arnošt Lustig: Interview (Akropolis, 2002). A selection of interviews given by the writer to Czech and American periodicals between the 1970s and the 1990s. This book is illustrated with a cycle of meditative black-and-white photographs. Arnošt Lustig: Interview II. (Devět bran, 2004). A second, expanded edition of interviews given by the writer to Czech and American newspapers and magazines between 1979 and 2003. This publication is illustrated with portraits of Arnošt Lustig in the Wallenstein Garden. |
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Jan Suk: Potopené pevnosti (‘Sunken Fortresses’, KANT, 2002). Poems from June 2002. This book of lyrical texts and entries is accompanied by black-and-white reflected images corresponding to the poet’s quiet, philosophical lyricism. Jan Suk: Krysy v Hadrianově vile. Texty z let 1996 – 2004 (Rats in Hadrian’s Villa. Texts from 1996 to 2004, Concordia, 2004). A collection of reflections about literature, art, music, and architecture. The texts are accompanied by photographs of Mannerist-like mysterious and secluded spots with statues, petrified books, and bizarre architectural elements. The book won a Magazín fotografie prize in the category ‘Literature Illustrated with Photography’. |
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Jan Suk, Petra Růžičková: Tajná schodiště (‘Secret Stairways’, KANT, 2006). A bibliophilically tuned book of laconic verses by Jan Suk, in harmony with the minimalist photography of Petra Růžičková.
Věra Weislitzová: Dcera Olgy a Lea (‘The Daughter of Olga and Leo’, Devět bran, 2003). This collection of Czech and English poems by the Jewish author is a reflection of the Holocaust. The authentic bluntness of the poems is emphasized by existentially-tinged photographs of abandoned places offering a hint of a human story. |
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Zoo 2000: A wall calendar from Prague Zoological Gardens, the work of a group of Czech photographers in which Petra Růžičková is represented by a photograph from Bear Illusion (1999). | |||
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Aether 2001: An art calendar of black-and-white photographs on the dark side of secluded natural spots, reflected in the transformation of the elements. This calendar won a Special Prize from the Typografia periodical as Calendar of the Year 2001. | |||
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Natura arcana 2002: An art calendar in the form of a dream of tropical vegetation and wildness, which transforms in the photographs into an abstract game of light and shadow, plant elements and amorphous phenomena. Natura arcana won the Typografia First Prize as Calendar of the Year 2002. | |||