In The Yard — Miroslav Hák

In the Yard

Explore 'In the Yard' by Miroslav Hájek – a haunting black & white photo capturing Prague’s forgotten spaces. Documentary surrealism, textured details & melancholic mood.


miroslav hák (1911 - 1978)

Explore the evocative photography of Miroslav Hák, a Czech artist associated with Group 42. Known for documentary & staged scenes, he captured Prague's spirit from the 1930s-70s.

Photography, among other art forms, became an ideal and modern medium for exploring and documenting the newly discovered world of peripheries, waste dumps and secluded recesses, so often sought-after by authors from the Skupina 42 group. The fast photographic technique could bring