JITKA HANZLOVA.(Brief Article)

DEICHTORHALLEN

Jitka Hanzlova was born in what was then Czechoslovakia and emigrated to Germany, where she studied photography. While still a student in Essen, she began to travel regularly to Rokytnik, the northern Bohemian village where she grew up, photographing old friends and acquaintances and producing a series that she named after the village, 1990-94. Next, Hanzlova devoted herself to the place where she was now living: a housing project in Essen that was built for working-class families in this industrial area. Hanzlova walked around the place with her camera and ...

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