The outstanding work of Jaroslav Kucera

[p.giannakis]

A truly outstanding work from Czech photographer Jaroslav Kucera. A gallery of more than 500 pictures to browse through. Such a great artist - I never heard of him before.

Enjoy.

http://www.jaroslavkucera.com/en/gallery.html

 

[raydm6]

Wow! Quite excellent! I went through the Top 50 Gallery so far.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[raydm6]

Interesting insight into his start in photography:

Gallery - Meetings, Moments, Solitude
"In 1969 I found myself in a communist jail, where I went after being involved in street fights against the Soviet occupation. It was then and there I finály deciced to become a photographer. I took photos on street, not thinking much about the future.My photos were spapshots of people I just met, but later I created small collections about people in Prague snack joints and night stress, or juvie boys.

It was a time I wanted to start my life as independent as I could be.

And my photographs were to help me.."

 

[JohnWolf]

Thank you, Pan. I viewed the Top 50 set and am moved beyond words. Especially that Radana portrait.

John

 

[Dogman]

Thanks for the link. Truly excellent work.

 

[Freakscene]

His work is great. The post-1989 street scenes look just like the Prague I remember from when I moved there. I knew his daughter Tereza a bit in the 1990s. His photos were largely unknown then, but I saw prints of lots of them.

Marty

 

[helen.HH]

Yum to a GREAT Eye and the Lives and Life he captured... Divine !

 

[Rayt]

Brilliant!

 

[Mlehrman]

Thank you for opening this window to another world, brilliant.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Thank you for posting this link, Pan. I had never heard of Kucera, and his is a remarkable body of work!
What so comes through his work is his fearlessness, the mutual trust between him and his subjects, and his compassionate heart. Equipment? Possibly a Leica, or more probably a cranky FSU rangefinder, given the circumstances of his early career. And mostly irrelevant. Reminds me that I need to concentrate a lot less on gadgets, and a lot more on the compassionate heart.

 

[charjohncarter]

You always do it: find some great unknown (at least to me).

 

[p.giannakis]

You always do it: find some great unknown (at least to me).

Thanks John, i am also very excited when i come across these photographers for the first time.