Zdenek Tmej : the Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R020742 Ned. Fotomuseum $FB LADD.J 2011 V.10
TitleZdenek Tmej : the Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness
Edition[editie] 2011 repr.
Photographer
Place of publicationNew York
PublisherErrata editions
Year of publication1945
Pagination78 + [44]
Illustrationsb&w
Dimensions25 x 19 cm.
MaterialMonografie
Document TypeBook
Series titleBooks on books; v.10
ISBN9781935004189193500418297819350041961935004190
Bibliographic NotesIncludes bibliographical references
SubjectReprint
Abstract
"This copy of "Abceda duševního prázdna" from the collection of Chris Killip" -- colophon
First labor series in a book form was first published in 1945 by Nakladatelstvi Zádruha publisher, Prague
Photographs from B&M Chochola Archive
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We cite from the COVER:
"Zdenëk Tmej's Abeceda dusevnîho prdzdna ( The Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness) published in 1946 enables a rare look, from a captive's perspective, inside a Nazi forced labor camp in Breslau, Poland during World War 11. It is remarkable that Tmej, a Czech citizen made to work for the Nazi war effort for two years, was allowed to photograph at all, let alone describe the psychological stasis of his experience with the poetic voice that these portraits and still-lifes convey. Books on Books #10 presents every page spread from this extremely rare and fragile document including the original texts by Alexandra Urbanovâ translated for the first time into English. Czech photo historian Vladimir Birgus contributes a contemporary essay on Tmej called Zdenëk Tmej's Conscripted Labor in Germany."
First labor series in a book form was first published in 1945 by Nakladatelstvi Zádruha publisher, Prague
Photographs from B&M Chochola Archive
*
We cite from the COVER:
"Zdenëk Tmej's Abeceda dusevnîho prdzdna ( The Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness) published in 1946 enables a rare look, from a captive's perspective, inside a Nazi forced labor camp in Breslau, Poland during World War 11. It is remarkable that Tmej, a Czech citizen made to work for the Nazi war effort for two years, was allowed to photograph at all, let alone describe the psychological stasis of his experience with the poetic voice that these portraits and still-lifes convey. Books on Books #10 presents every page spread from this extremely rare and fragile document including the original texts by Alexandra Urbanovâ translated for the first time into English. Czech photo historian Vladimir Birgus contributes a contemporary essay on Tmej called Zdenëk Tmej's Conscripted Labor in Germany."
| Copy number | R020742 |
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| Shelf mark | $FB LADD.J 2011 V.10 |