In the Yard
Documentary Photography
39.0 x 29.0 cm
miroslav hák (1911 – 1978)
Explore the evocative photography of Miroslav Hák, a Czech artist associated with Group 42. Known for documentary & staged scenes, he captured Prague's spirit from the 1930s-70s.
Photography, among other art forms, became an ideal and modern medium for exploring and documenting the newly discovered world of peripheries, waste dumps and secluded recesses, so often sought-after by authors from the Skupina 42 group. The fast photographic technique could bring
About this artwork
- Title: In the Yard
- Artist: miroslav hák
- Original dimensions: 39.0 x 29.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Movement: Documentary Photography
- Corpus context: group 42's stark realism , "social commentary
- Keywords: haunting photographic sce , documentary photography , abandoned alleyway art
- Perceived brightness: shadow
- Topics: architectural detail , textile fragment , melancholy mood