Jitka Hanzlová – Bildersturm

Jitka Hanzlová: Hier (Koenig Books, 2013)

Contemporary, PhotobookColor, Identity, Jitka Hanzlová, Landscape, Portrait Photography, Street Photography, the Ruhr region, Topography

Czech artist Jitka Hanzlová uses photography to address the ways in which one’s homeland and surrounding environment shape identity.

Jitka Hanzlová: Female (Schirmer/Mosel, 2000)

By: Thomas Schulz

Contemporary, PhotobookColor, female, Identity, Jitka Hanzlová, Portrait, Street Photography

This series of photographs by the Czech artist Jitka Hanzlová (1958)is a compilation of approximately 50 portraits of women of various ages. The series was created between 1997 and 2000 and shows a multifaceted portrait of contemporary female identity.