Vladimír Birgus Books

The work of Jaroslav Rossler, one of the most important photographers of the Czech avant-garde of the first half of the twentieth century.

The contradictions of life in Eastern Europe in the 1970s and '80s Czech photographer Vladimír Birgus (born 1954) presents black-and-white photographs of Eastern European cities that capture the contrasts between optimistic communist propaganda and the gloomy reality of everyday life in this era.

Published to accompany an exhibition in 2005 celebrating the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Museum of decorative Arts in Prague.

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