Viktor Kolar - Mala Strana

Very rare original first unique Slavic printing of the book: Malá Strana, by Viktor Kolár, 1993. First original printing, Köcher & Köcher. Printed by Printo Printing House in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in the year 1993, in a limited edition.

Also known for his similar masterpiece book titled Baník Ostrava, Viktor Kolár is one of Czechoslovakia's most influential photographers of the Cold War period, among peers such as Josef Sudek and Koudelka. This book titled Malá Strana (Prague) is his peer book and is another of his highly influential and ultimately rare books (Banik Ostrava, first edition, same publisher, being the other one).

Whereas in the 1960s Kolář was drawn to the originality of the faces that had resisted being wiped blank by the pressures of the surrounding world, during the more than twenty years of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia he focused on the destructive homogenization of the faces of its people. In the most recent period of great change in the country, which began in November 1989, he has been searching for the signs of the new freedom that, among other things, has been arduous and unnerving for many people, who are now often helplessly groping their way through a life very different from what they once knew. This Scarce 1993 unique first original Book Title "MALA STRANA" depicts Viktor Kolár's Photography in the most captivating as ever way imagined, a Photography Masterpiece Collector Book!

Native of the coal and steel town of Ostrava, Moravia, Viktor Kolář (born in 1941) has been taking photographs of his hometown ever since he was a boy.

As captivating as Cartier-Bresson's instant clichés, as inspiring as Koudelka's photographs, and absolutely unique in its photographic art expression and essence, this definitely out-of-print rare book is an immense everlasting source of inspiration!

Viktor Kolar, LITTLE SIDE, approx 90 pages, Köcher & Köcher Publishing, very nice condition, 1993
Printed and bound in Czechoslovakia, OSTRAVA, 1993, First Edition, original texts and Photographs.

Publisher: Köcher & Köcher
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Softcover + Dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good