Jan Langer | Centennials

May 29 to September 16, 2012
Archdiocesan Museum Olomouc | Amadeus

Document century John Langer (born 1978), who is currently working as a photojournalist information server Aktuálne.cz, follows the lives of older people living in the country. The concept of the show file uses the comparison of contemporary portraits from the archives of the long lived with their current form. The starting point was the inspiration for the author found that people of advanced age still understood as a "rarity", a unique phenomenon. Jan Langer long with centuries worked and prepared for the audience unique probe, which documents how in this age lives. How do these people look like and what to remember and how it is perceived by the majority preferring youth and society. For a set of tables author received a special award UniCredit Bank Young Prague Photo Award at Prague Photo Festival in 2012.