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Jaroslav Beneš (photographer)
Jaroslav Beneš (born February 27, 1946, in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech photographer and co-founder of the photographic group called Český dřevák. Life Jaroslav Beneš has been exposed to many different forms of art since he was a child. As a schoolboy he played different musical instruments, went to the theatre with his parents, and his uncle was an amateur painter. At the beginning of the 1960s he started to attend the Secondary School of Agriculture in Plasy, where he was involved in extra-curricular activities, such as poetry, drama, and music. It was also there that he was first introduced to Chinese poetry, which he still loves today. In 1965 he graduated and began to work as a livestock specialist. Three years later he started working as a stage technician in the ALFA Theatre in Pilsen. In 1977 he moved to Prague, where he briefly worked as a night guard at the Museum of Decorative Arts. Since 1978 he has been an archivist and photographer for Prague Waterw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabitants. The city is known worldwide for Pilsner beer, created by Bavarian brewer Josef Groll in the city in 1842. Administrative division Plzeň is divided into ten boroughs, which are further divided into 25 administrative parts (in brackets): *Plzeň 1-Bolevec (Bolevec and Severní Předměstí) *Plzeň 2-Slovany (Božkov, Černice (partly), Doudlevce (partly), Hradiště, Koterov, Lobzy (partly) and Východní Předměstí (partly)) *Plzeň 3-Bory (Doudlevce (partly), Jižní Předměstí, Litice (partly), Nová Hospoda, Radobyčice, Skvrňany, Valcha, Vnitřní Město and Východní Předměstí (partly)) *Plzeň 4-Doubravka (Bukovec, Červený Hrádek, Doubravka, Lobzy (partly), Újezd and Východní Předměstí (partly)) *Plzeň 5-K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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