Czech Press Photo’s international jury of experts chose this picture as Photo of the Year 2022 out of a series of photos by Vojtěch Dárvík Máca, who documented wartime events...

A total of 234 photographers submitted their images to the 28th annual Czech Press Photo competition. An international jury of experts selected the nominated photographs from...

Chernov and Maloletka took photographs of the siege of Mariupol from the very first day. Their powerful visual testimony, which appeared in media across the world, found little...

Read the interview with the winner of the Prague Grant 2020.

The Roads

Johnny Depp in Vary

Flooding in Germany

Tornado

Fishermen on Horses

RUSSIAN CRISIS

Crosses on Old Town Square

Cows on the Run

“I like the place where I took this photo, or rather I absolutely love it. I’ve been going here about seven years, and each year I stop by here with my camera about fifteen...

You can find out under what circumstances this photograph was taken direct from the author: “The Superbikes World Championship had its premiere at Autodrom Most and I was...

“The Olympics in Tokyo took place as expected in terms of organisation at a somewhat slow pace. The work of the photographer was made more interesting in that we had to...

“We arrived at the site, like all our fellow journalists, immediately that night so we could be there at sunrise. The people were coming out of their homes to see for...

“This photograph was taken on 30 May 2021, when a marathon for elite runners took place in the streets of Prague. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the marathon took a...

“During the month of April, an outbreak of bird flu occurred at a number of farms in the Hradec Králové Region. Fire-fighters and the Veterinary Administration had to put...

“Old Town Square was covered in white crosses. This had been organised by Million Moments for Democracy in order to draw attention to the shocking number of victims of the...

“This photograph of acrobats and artists behind the window of one of Prague’s closed bars was taken on the evening of 21 January. It was one of the events prepared for the...

“This photo of cross-country skiers on Charles Bridge was one of the first in my new place of work; so one of the first I did for Seznam Zprávy. I joined during the Covid...

“It was my last photo, the last event of the “Covid” Year of 2020. I was thinking about how best to portray the end of this peculiar year. Because a state of emergency had...

“It was a strange European Judo Championships. Although it was held in Prague, I had to spend three nights in a hotel because I was part of a so-called bubble – a new...

“This photograph was taken on 11 October 2020 during the 130th annual Velká pardubická steeplechase. It shows jockey Jan Kratochvíl falling from his horse Sottovento while...

The Czech Press Photo competition’s international jury has now chosen the nominated pictures for this year—its twenty-seventh. The submissions competed in eight photographic...

For the second year, the Czech Photo organisation announces the Czech Press Photo competition in a situation affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Due to government...

During the summer holidays the opening hours of the Czech Photo Center are changed.

The international jury of the Czech Nature Photo awarded Photo of the Year to photographer Igor Mikula for his photo, Common Blackbird. 267 authors competed in the contest with...

The Czech Press Photo photography competition’s international jury has now chosen the photo nominations for this year—its twenty-sixth. Contestants competed in seven...

In September, the image “Nurses after their shifts at Prague’s Bulovka Hospital” won.

On 10 August 2020, observatory staff installed models of the Earth and Moon showing accurate depictions of the surface of both bodies in Kraví hora, Brno. The public were...

This image by David W Černý of Reuters scored in July, portraying a lone Jiří Bartoška in the Hotel Thermal hall.

In June, the Czech Photo Administrative and Supervisory Board chose an image from a Bohemians soccer match taken by Gabriel Kuchta of Deník N.

Petr Hamerník managed to capture the introduction of baby elephants during the lockdown.

In April, the Czech Photo Administrative and Supervisory Board chose an image by photographer Bára Reichová. She documented the activities of athletes during the state of...

By March, the coronavirus pandemic had arrived in the Czech Republic, and the government decided to declare a state of emergency. The streets of the capital emptied, and this...

The coronavirus was an issue gradually building up in intensity. In early February, Czechs who were at the centre of the epidemic in China were evacuated. Their return was...

In January, the Administrative and Supervisory Board chose a photograph by Luděk Peřina of the Czech News Agency which portrayed composer Tomáš Hanák in full concentration.

Online guided tour of the jury exhibition at the Czech Photo Center

The sixth of December, lunchtime, a day like any other. The pre-Christmas atmosphere was everywhere, and nobody had any idea of what would happen in a few short minutes.

Karel Gott’s death shook the public. There were long queues to say farewell to this national artist. The atmosphere reached its climax at his funeral at St Vitus Cathedral,...

(Prague – 22 November 2019) At the official awards ceremony for the jubilee 25th annual Czech Press Photo contest in the Old Town Hall’s Brožík Hall, the winners of the photo...

Modern photojournalism, whose proud motto is to capture not just events and phenomena themselves, but also their hidden essence, and which is based on reporting news and...

The programming manager for World Press Photo David Campbell, the founder and chief editor for the international quarterly of photojournalism Reportage Colin Jacobson and the...

(Prague – November 20 2018) Winners in each category were announced at the awards ceremony of the 24th annual Czech Press Photo competition held in the Brožík Hall of the Old...

The opening takes place on 10 October 2018 from 6:00 pm in the Czech Photo Centre Gallery, Seydlerova 2835/4, Prague 5 – Nové Butovice / https://www.czechphoto.org/cpc/ The...

The Homoloviny multimedia exhibition is a first in a number of areas. First of all, we are showcasing the contrasting work of a father and son next to each other, and...

A man with an incredible memory who had seen the whole world before he had reached his forties, legendary traveller and ethnographer Miloslav Stingl has managed to record...

Citizens from the Czech Republic and Slovakia sent around a thousand archived photographs which commemorate events and life in 1968 in then-Czechoslovakia to the joint Czech...

The fiftieth anniversary of the invasion by Warsaw Pact troops of Czechoslovakia is a unique opportunity to hold an exhibition which commemorates one of the most tragic...

Ami Vitale, João Silva, and others will be selecting the best entries in the 24th annual Czech Press Photo competition. The prestigious Czech Press Photo competition is...

Josef Bosák’s Piece of Armenian Soul and the work of the Visual Communication Studio throughout the summer in the Czech Photo Centre. From Wednesday 13 June, the multi-genre...

The best of Czech Nature Photo from April in the Czech Photo Centre. A selection of the best of the almost 1800 pictures which were entered for the Czech Nature Photo contest...

Of the almost 1 800 photographs, we now know the Czech Nature Photo nominations. The international expert judging panel selected nominations for a total of eight basic...

Václav Šilha’s exhibition, Na vlnách fotografie (On the Waves of Photography), brings together images of native cultures with life in the Antarctic. From mid-January until...

Applicants will be able to begin registering for this year’s annual Czech Nature Photo contest from Thursday 18 January. It is planned that results, which will be...

Old Town Hall to host the best of Czech Press Photo 2017 until the end of January. The exhibition of winning and other selected photographs and videos from the 23rd annual...

Czech Press Photo announces nominations in the main categories of the contest’s 23rd year. The best photographs and videos in the twenty-third annual Czech Press Photo...

Czech Photo Centre showcases the best of NOOR photo agency’s ten year history. The multi-genre Czech Photo Centre is showcasing thirteen world-renowned NOOR photographers...

Photograph of the year in this pilot year of the Czech Nature Photo Contest is Stanislav Macík’s picture, Awaiting the Night. It also won the Mammals category. The other...

The prestigious domestic photography and video contest, Czech Press Photo, designed for all professional photographers and video content creators from the Czech Republic...

A vernissage for two exhibitions was held in the Czech Photo Centre on 15 August 2017: awarded and selected pictures from the Czech Nature Photo contest, and photographs from...

The prize-nominated pictures have now been selected for Czech Nature Photo from over 3000 submissions. The expert panel at the Czech Nature Photo contest, which awards...

Kuščynskyj, Saudek and Tesař provide a perspective on the female nude from the 1960s to the present day. The multi-genre Czech Photo Centre is showcasing three photographers...

The Kingdom of Women exhibition of David Mináč photographs showcases fine-art images of Czech and Slovak top models. David Mináč, son of the famous Slovak director, Matej...

The best Czech photographers who focus on nature and wildlife will be exhibited at the multi-genre Czech Photo Centre from 4 April to 14 May. Artists at the Czech Nature Photo...

The Hanke family, including Michael Hanke, fresh from his second prize at the World Press Photo 2017 contest, is showcasing its photographs from 2 to 29 March in Prague’s...

The Czech Press Photo Visitors Award, voted on by visitors to the exhibition of the same name which took place in the Old Town Hall, Prague, has been won by freelance...

Beginning Thursday 26 January, the new Czech Photo Centre multi-genre premises is showing the Against Time exhibition of Martin Frouz, holder of Grant Prahy – a special...

Construction is continuing on course, and individual sections can now clearly be ascertained – the café, gallery and workshop. Partnership with CEWE color, FOMEI and Olympus...

On Wednesday 29 June, the exhibition, The Best of Czech Press Photo, opened for visitors at the Czech Centre in Berlin. Photographer, Milan Jaroš, was present at the official...

The CZECH PRESS PHOTO Grant Prahy series of photographs has been handed over by author, Hynek Glos, to mayor, Adriana Krnáčová

This year, the Czech Press Photo contest and exhibition have once again received the patronage of Minister of Culture, Daniel Herman.

This, year the Czech Press Photo contest has once again received the personal patronage of the Mayor of Prague, with the Grant Prahy prize being awarded.

Czech Press Photo’s international jury of experts chose this picture as Photo of the Year 2022 out of a series of photos by Vojtěch Dárvík Máca, who documented wartime events...

Read the interview with the winner of the Prague Grant 2020.

The Roads

Johnny Depp in Vary

Flooding in Germany

Tornado

Fishermen on Horses

RUSSIAN CRISIS

Crosses on Old Town Square

Cows on the Run

“I like the place where I took this photo, or rather I absolutely love it. I’ve been going here about seven years, and each year I stop by here with my camera about fifteen...

You can find out under what circumstances this photograph was taken direct from the author: “The Superbikes World Championship had its premiere at Autodrom Most and I was...

“The Olympics in Tokyo took place as expected in terms of organisation at a somewhat slow pace. The work of the photographer was made more interesting in that we had to...

“We arrived at the site, like all our fellow journalists, immediately that night so we could be there at sunrise. The people were coming out of their homes to see for...

“This photograph was taken on 30 May 2021, when a marathon for elite runners took place in the streets of Prague. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the marathon took a...

“During the month of April, an outbreak of bird flu occurred at a number of farms in the Hradec Králové Region. Fire-fighters and the Veterinary Administration had to put...

“Old Town Square was covered in white crosses. This had been organised by Million Moments for Democracy in order to draw attention to the shocking number of victims of the...

“This photograph of acrobats and artists behind the window of one of Prague’s closed bars was taken on the evening of 21 January. It was one of the events prepared for the...

“This photo of cross-country skiers on Charles Bridge was one of the first in my new place of work; so one of the first I did for Seznam Zprávy. I joined during the Covid...

“It was my last photo, the last event of the “Covid” Year of 2020. I was thinking about how best to portray the end of this peculiar year. Because a state of emergency had...

“It was a strange European Judo Championships. Although it was held in Prague, I had to spend three nights in a hotel because I was part of a so-called bubble – a new...

“This photograph was taken on 11 October 2020 during the 130th annual Velká pardubická steeplechase. It shows jockey Jan Kratochvíl falling from his horse Sottovento while...

For the second year, the Czech Photo organisation announces the Czech Press Photo competition in a situation affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Due to government...

During the summer holidays the opening hours of the Czech Photo Center are changed.

The international jury of the Czech Nature Photo awarded Photo of the Year to photographer Igor Mikula for his photo, Common Blackbird. 267 authors competed in the contest with...

In September, the image “Nurses after their shifts at Prague’s Bulovka Hospital” won.

On 10 August 2020, observatory staff installed models of the Earth and Moon showing accurate depictions of the surface of both bodies in Kraví hora, Brno. The public were...

This image by David W Černý of Reuters scored in July, portraying a lone Jiří Bartoška in the Hotel Thermal hall.

In June, the Czech Photo Administrative and Supervisory Board chose an image from a Bohemians soccer match taken by Gabriel Kuchta of Deník N.

Petr Hamerník managed to capture the introduction of baby elephants during the lockdown.

In April, the Czech Photo Administrative and Supervisory Board chose an image by photographer Bára Reichová. She documented the activities of athletes during the state of...

By March, the coronavirus pandemic had arrived in the Czech Republic, and the government decided to declare a state of emergency. The streets of the capital emptied, and this...

The coronavirus was an issue gradually building up in intensity. In early February, Czechs who were at the centre of the epidemic in China were evacuated. Their return was...

In January, the Administrative and Supervisory Board chose a photograph by Luděk Peřina of the Czech News Agency which portrayed composer Tomáš Hanák in full concentration.

Online guided tour of the jury exhibition at the Czech Photo Center

The sixth of December, lunchtime, a day like any other. The pre-Christmas atmosphere was everywhere, and nobody had any idea of what would happen in a few short minutes.

Karel Gott’s death shook the public. There were long queues to say farewell to this national artist. The atmosphere reached its climax at his funeral at St Vitus Cathedral,...

A vernissage for two exhibitions was held in the Czech Photo Centre on 15 August 2017: awarded and selected pictures from the Czech Nature Photo contest, and photographs from...

Construction is continuing on course, and individual sections can now clearly be ascertained – the café, gallery and workshop. Partnership with CEWE color, FOMEI and Olympus...

On Wednesday 29 June, the exhibition, The Best of Czech Press Photo, opened for visitors at the Czech Centre in Berlin. Photographer, Milan Jaroš, was present at the official...

This year, the Czech Press Photo contest and exhibition have once again received the patronage of Minister of Culture, Daniel Herman.

Czech Press Photo’s international jury of experts chose this picture as Photo of the Year 2022 out of a series of photos by Vojtěch Dárvík Máca, who documented wartime events...

A total of 234 photographers submitted their images to the 28th annual Czech Press Photo competition. An international jury of experts selected the nominated photographs from...

Chernov and Maloletka took photographs of the siege of Mariupol from the very first day. Their powerful visual testimony, which appeared in media across the world, found little...

The Czech Press Photo competition’s international jury has now chosen the nominated pictures for this year—its twenty-seventh. The submissions competed in eight photographic...

For the second year, the Czech Photo organisation announces the Czech Press Photo competition in a situation affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Due to government...

The Czech Press Photo photography competition’s international jury has now chosen the photo nominations for this year—its twenty-sixth. Contestants competed in seven...

(Prague – 22 November 2019) At the official awards ceremony for the jubilee 25th annual Czech Press Photo contest in the Old Town Hall’s Brožík Hall, the winners of the photo...

Modern photojournalism, whose proud motto is to capture not just events and phenomena themselves, but also their hidden essence, and which is based on reporting news and...

The programming manager for World Press Photo David Campbell, the founder and chief editor for the international quarterly of photojournalism Reportage Colin Jacobson and the...

(Prague – November 20 2018) Winners in each category were announced at the awards ceremony of the 24th annual Czech Press Photo competition held in the Brožík Hall of the Old...

The opening takes place on 10 October 2018 from 6:00 pm in the Czech Photo Centre Gallery, Seydlerova 2835/4, Prague 5 – Nové Butovice / https://www.czechphoto.org/cpc/ The...

The Homoloviny multimedia exhibition is a first in a number of areas. First of all, we are showcasing the contrasting work of a father and son next to each other, and...

A man with an incredible memory who had seen the whole world before he had reached his forties, legendary traveller and ethnographer Miloslav Stingl has managed to record...

Citizens from the Czech Republic and Slovakia sent around a thousand archived photographs which commemorate events and life in 1968 in then-Czechoslovakia to the joint Czech...

The fiftieth anniversary of the invasion by Warsaw Pact troops of Czechoslovakia is a unique opportunity to hold an exhibition which commemorates one of the most tragic...

Ami Vitale, João Silva, and others will be selecting the best entries in the 24th annual Czech Press Photo competition. The prestigious Czech Press Photo competition is...

Josef Bosák’s Piece of Armenian Soul and the work of the Visual Communication Studio throughout the summer in the Czech Photo Centre. From Wednesday 13 June, the multi-genre...

The best of Czech Nature Photo from April in the Czech Photo Centre. A selection of the best of the almost 1800 pictures which were entered for the Czech Nature Photo contest...

Of the almost 1 800 photographs, we now know the Czech Nature Photo nominations. The international expert judging panel selected nominations for a total of eight basic...

Václav Šilha’s exhibition, Na vlnách fotografie (On the Waves of Photography), brings together images of native cultures with life in the Antarctic. From mid-January until...

Applicants will be able to begin registering for this year’s annual Czech Nature Photo contest from Thursday 18 January. It is planned that results, which will be...

Old Town Hall to host the best of Czech Press Photo 2017 until the end of January. The exhibition of winning and other selected photographs and videos from the 23rd annual...

Czech Press Photo announces nominations in the main categories of the contest’s 23rd year. The best photographs and videos in the twenty-third annual Czech Press Photo...

Czech Photo Centre showcases the best of NOOR photo agency’s ten year history. The multi-genre Czech Photo Centre is showcasing thirteen world-renowned NOOR photographers...

Photograph of the year in this pilot year of the Czech Nature Photo Contest is Stanislav Macík’s picture, Awaiting the Night. It also won the Mammals category. The other...

The prestigious domestic photography and video contest, Czech Press Photo, designed for all professional photographers and video content creators from the Czech Republic...

The prize-nominated pictures have now been selected for Czech Nature Photo from over 3000 submissions. The expert panel at the Czech Nature Photo contest, which awards...

Kuščynskyj, Saudek and Tesař provide a perspective on the female nude from the 1960s to the present day. The multi-genre Czech Photo Centre is showcasing three photographers...

The Kingdom of Women exhibition of David Mináč photographs showcases fine-art images of Czech and Slovak top models. David Mináč, son of the famous Slovak director, Matej...

The best Czech photographers who focus on nature and wildlife will be exhibited at the multi-genre Czech Photo Centre from 4 April to 14 May. Artists at the Czech Nature Photo...

The Hanke family, including Michael Hanke, fresh from his second prize at the World Press Photo 2017 contest, is showcasing its photographs from 2 to 29 March in Prague’s...

The Czech Press Photo Visitors Award, voted on by visitors to the exhibition of the same name which took place in the Old Town Hall, Prague, has been won by freelance...

Beginning Thursday 26 January, the new Czech Photo Centre multi-genre premises is showing the Against Time exhibition of Martin Frouz, holder of Grant Prahy – a special...

The CZECH PRESS PHOTO Grant Prahy series of photographs has been handed over by author, Hynek Glos, to mayor, Adriana Krnáčová

This, year the Czech Press Photo contest has once again received the personal patronage of the Mayor of Prague, with the Grant Prahy prize being awarded.

Online guided tour of the jury exhibition at the Czech Photo Center