California 1954 is a masterfully composed visual archive that transcends mere sports or vacation photography
and voyeurism
approach to formalist art
everyday resilience without ever veering into exploitation or condescension
and vibrant cities across the Mexican states of Michoacán
Kratochvil, Antonin. Broken Dream: 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe by Antonin Kratochvil. Condition:New in original shrinkwrap California 1954 is a masterfullyMonacelli Press, 1st U. S. edition, hardcover with dust jacket, new in original shrink wrap. Born in Czechoslovakia and an exile for most of his life, photojournalist Kratochvil, whose father was a photographer in Prague, spent twenty years documenting the end of Communism in Eastern Europe, traveling in Albania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. His revealing photographs of workers, gypsies, thieves, street