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"Beginning with his studies at the photographic department of the School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava, this book shows how, in the mid-1970s, Podstrasky began to work as freelancer and his photos appeared in newspapers and magazines. He rarely participated in the activities of the photographic community and the whole of his work remained practically unknown to the expert and general public and only recently did it become obvious that he was one of few Slovak photographers to succeed in fully capturing the other face of life during ""real socialism""--the final phase of development of the communist system before its ultimate decline. This biography details Podstrasky's ability to record gloominess, helplessness, and personal and social resignation and stands as a testament to the artist's important place in the history of photography."

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Author:   Aurel Hrabusicky ,  Miro Miklas ,  Filip Vanco
Publisher:   Slovart Publishing Ltd (Vydavatel'stvo Slovart spol. sro)
Imprint:   Slovart Publishing Ltd (Vydavatel'stvo Slovart spol. sro)
Dimensions:   Width: 25.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 29.20cm
Weight:   1.247kg
ISBN:  

9788055608297

ISBN 10:   8055608296
Pages:   139
Publication Date:   13 September 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Aurel Hrabusicky is an art critic and historian. He is the curator of the new media collection and the collection of photography at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava. Miro Miklas is a documentary photographer. He was a close friend to Anton Podstrasky in the last years of his life. Filip Vanco is a photographer, a curator, a teacher, and a gallerist. He is the former head of the legendary photography studio Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, the founder of the Journal PARK, and has been a member of the Photoport civic association and the chief curator of the gallery since 2006.

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