Marie Šechtlová (25 March 1928

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– 5 July 2008 Prague) was a Czech photographer, one of the proponents of the " poetry of everyday" style.

Chronology

Awards

* 1957 Marie Šechtlová and Josef Šechtl won second prize in national amateur movie competition, in the category “Movie Poetry”, for the movie “Moon”. * 1960 First prize in national competition of Photography Association, in Artistic Photography category, for the cycle “Come to Mama, Darling”. * 1961 First and second prizes in competition of Photography Association for the series “Almanac 1960”, and for “Boys of Our Street”. * 1962 First prize at Exhibition of Czechoslovak Art Photography in Sevastopol. First prize in Reportage category for the series “One to Another”, in competition of Photography Association. * 1963 First prize for a series of photographs, “The Face of the Earth”. First prize for a series of photographs, “Rain Song”, in exhibition “Great Friendship”. * 1965 Third and fourth prizes in Photographic Art competition in East Germany. * 1965 Special prize in competition in magazine “Mladý svět”, “Unknown Beauties of Czechoslovakia”, prize a two-week trip to East Germany and Denmark.

Exhibitions

* 1961 First exhibition in ZK Jiskra, in Tábor. * 1961 Exhibition in

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; and in Gottwaldow. * 1964 Exhibition and catalogue in House of Arts in České Budějovice; in Tábor; in

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; and in Písek. * 1965 Exhibition in Mladá Fronta gallery in Prague. Exhibition “Wystawa Fotografiky Marii Šechtlovej”, in arsaw oland * 1966 Exhibition in Brussels. * 1966 Traveling exhibition in Cairo, Alexandria and Berlin. * 1966 Exhibitions in aris and in �eské Budějovice Exhibition “South Bohemia” in Moscow, Leningrad,

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and Tábor. * 1967 First joint exhibition of Marie and Josef Šechtl in Prague and other cities. * 1967 Exhibition of Marie Šechtlová and A. Robinsonová in Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt. * 1967 Exhibitions in Cheb, and in

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. * 1979 Exhibition M. and J. Šechtl in Tábor theatre. * 1980 Exhibition “Metamorphoses of Tábor from Archive of Three Generations”, in Tábor Cultural Centre. * 1982 Exhibition “Colour Photography”, by M. and J. Šechtl in Písek District Museum. * 1987 Exhibition “Colour Photography”, in

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. * 2003 Exhibition “Review and Dreamy Return, Photos and Computer Graphics of M. Šechtlová”, in

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. * 2005 Exhibition “Five Generations of Šechtl Family, Photography and Graphics”, in Písek Museum. * 2006 Exhibition “Five Generations of Šechtl Family”, in rostějov * 2007 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Photographic stories“ in Šechtl and Voseček Museum of Photography in Tábor and Médiathèque Dole in France. * 2008 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Life with Photography“ in Šechtl and Voseček Museum of Photography in Tábor. * 2010 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Photography 1960-1970" in Leica Gallery Prague in Prague. * 2010 Exhibition "Marie Šechtlová: Czech in the U.S." in American center in Prague in Prague. * 2010 Exhibition "Marie Šechtlová & Josef Šechtl, Life with Photography." in Municipak Museum in Blatná in Blatná.

Publications

* Štych, Jiří, ''Děti kapitána Kohla: reportáž z nedávné minulosti'' České Budéjovice: Krajské nakladatelství České Buďéjovice 1961. * Noha, Jan; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Všechny oči'', Prague: Státní nakladatelství 1964. * Noha, Jan; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Praha na listu růže'', Prague: Orbis 1966. * Holub, Miroslav; Fuková, Eva; Novotný, Miloň, ''New York'', Prague: Mladá fronta 1966. * et al., ''Ze Šrámkova Písku'' Písek, Městský národní výbor 1967. * Mixa, Robert; Bauerl Jan, Šechtlová, Marie, ''Tábor a okolí'', České Budějovice: Nakladatelství České Buďějovice 1967. * Kožík František; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Praha'', Prague: pressfoto 1972. * Grünfeld, Josef; Šechtlová, Marie; et al., ''Jindřichohradecko'', Jindřichův Hradec: Okresní národní výbor 1973. * Michl, Karel; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Hradec Králové: k sedmsetpadesátému výročí zalození města a třicátému výroči osvobození sovětskou armádou v roce MCMLXXV'', Hradec Králové, Osveta 1976. * Stehlíková, Blanka, ''Leningrad'' Prague: Odeon 1977. * Malík, Jan; Dvořák, J., V.; Šechtlová, Marie, Šechtl, Josef, ''Svét loutek: loutky ze sbírek Muzea loutkářských kultur v Chrudimi'', Hradec Králové: Kruh 1978. * Drda, Miloš; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Muzeum husitského revolučního hnutí v Táboře: expozice husité'', Prague: Pressfoto 1979. * Korčák, Pavel; et al.; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef., ''Tábor: Národní kulturní památka'', Praha: Panorama 1979. * Svatoň, Jaroslav; Josef Šechtl; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Tábor: Národní kulturní památka'', Tábor: Okresní národní výbor 1979. * Marhoun, Jan, ''Jitex - 30 let práce pro socialismus'', Praha: Práce 1979. * Collective from art-history department of Regional center for historical care and preservation of nature in České Budějovice, ''Jihočeská klenotnice'' České Budéjovice: Jihočeské nakladatelství 1981. * Štara, Antonín; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Galerie Klenová'' Prague: Pressfoto 1981. * Kuthan, Jiří; Horyna, Mojmír; Muchka, Ivan; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Jižní Čechy: krajina, historie, umělecké památky'', Prague: Panorama 1982. * Klíma, Jaroslav; Texler, Václav; Postl, Radomír; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Písek a Písecko'', Písek: Městské kulturní středisko 1983. * Šmejkal, František, ''Zdeněk Sklenář'', Prague: Odeon 1984. * Krajný, Miroslav; ''Karel Stehlík'', Prague: Odeon 1986. * Hotmar, Josef; Kuna, Jaroslav; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Rendezvou s Paříží'', Prague: Odeon 1988. * Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Pelhřimov'' Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1992. * Tecl, Rudolf; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Tábor'' Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1992. * Bumerl, Jiří; Čap, Josef; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Jordán 1492-1992: Tábor: hráz'' Tábor: Okresní úřad, 1992. * Trčka, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Hrady a zámky Jižních Čech'' Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1993. * Trčka, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Hrady a zámky Jižních Čech'' České Budějovice: ATIKA, 1994. * Froněk, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; et al., ''Vítejte na Prachaticku'' Prachatice: Region Prachatice, 1997.

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