Zmizelý svět Podkarpatské Rusi ve fotografiích Rudolfa Hůlky (1887–1961)

Beschreibung

The book published in Czech-English edition presents a selection of photographs from the large collection of visual materials created in the first third of the 20th century by the Czech ministerial official, translator of Ukrainian literature and amateur photographer Rudolf Hůlka (1887-1961). The entire collection, which has been preserved in the depository of the Slavonic Library in Prague, includes more than 4,400 visual materials depicting Subcarpathian Rus', Slovakia, Moravia, Bohemia and to a lesser extent other parts of Europe and North Africa. The books consist of three parts: an introductory essay outlining Rudolf Hůlka's biography, an album containing reproductions of nearly 200 selected photographs mainly from Subcarpathian Rus' made in the first half of the 1920s and also from other selected geographical areas visited by Hůlka, and a complete catalogue of Hůlka's visual materials related to Subcarpathian Rus' containing 1,451 items. The Foreword was written by American librarian, Slavist and art historian Edward Kasinec. The representative selection of photographs captures all themes and geographic regions captured by Rudolf Hůlka's camera in Subcarpathian Rus'; they also provide examples of all the materials used during Hůlka's photographic activities: hand-colored, color and black-and-white glass slides, as well as black-and-white glass and celluloid negatives.