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| One of Tichý's homemade cameras |
Miroslav Tichý is one of the greatest "finds" of unknown artists who worked on the fringe of the artworld. He couldn’t afford a camera, so he cobbled one up from tin cans, children’s spectacle lenses and other junks on the street! Most of his subjects were unaware they are being photographed.
Tichý's subtle photographs use themes of movement, composition and contrast, but the main theme is an obsession with the female body.Technically, his pictures are full of mistakes that compound the built-in limitations of his equipment — underexposed or overexposed, out of focus, blemished by dust in the camera, stained by careless darkroom processing. Tichý explains, "A mistake. That's what makes the poetry."
For more about Tichý visit his website http://www.tichyocean.com/ or http://www.radio.cz/en/section/arts/miroslav-tichy-a-voyeur-with-a-home-made-camera
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