Photo: Karel Bucháček
Karel Bucháček was a keen amateur photographer who captured everyday life in Prague in the final decades of communism, as well as the dramatic events of the 1968 invasion. A new book called Stifled City aims to bring fresh attention to this unknown photographer, who never had a chance to present his work.
Images of Prague’s run-down streets and football matches at the city’s stadiums alongside shots of the Russian tanks in front of the Czech Radio building during the 1968 Soviet-led invasion or communist era May Day parades at Letná. These and dozens of other black and white photographs are part of a newly published book entitled Přidušené město or Stifled City, which pays tribute to the largely unknown amateur photographer Karel Bucháček. Art historian Tomáš Pospěch is the book’s editor:
“Karel Bucháček worked most of his life at the Academy of Sciences’ mathematical institute and his relatives describe him as a big introvert who never married and lived mainly for work.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková