MIROSLAV TICHY
Miroslav Tichy is a reclusive artist who has resided in his hometown of Kyjov, Czech Republic, for most of his life. Born in 1926, he was a painter until the late 1960s, when he started taking photos, mostly of local women sunbathing, using equipment that he built himself. The cameras are made of cardboard, bottle caps, and rubber bands. Tichy mounts his photos in his own handmade frames and enhances them with pencil markings wherever he sees fit.
For a long time, Tichy was something between a charming oddity and a local bogeyman. He was frequently arrested for hanging around the local pool and snapping pictures of unsuspecting women. The fact that this was all occurring under an oppressive Communist regime added a certain air of rebellion to the proceedings, whether or not he intended it. With time, the locals grew accustomed to his presence and would often welcome having their photos taken.
These days, Tichy continues to live in Kyjov but is essentially unreachable. He suffers from dementia and has to be taken care of by his neighbor. He has most likely destroyed the majority of the work he produced over the course of his life in what can romantically be described as fits of artistic madness. Here we have a small selection of his art, hitting all the major points mentioned above: voyeuristic shots, women in bathing suits, handmade cameras, and crafty cardboard frames. For more of this work, check out Tichy Ocean, his official foundation, at www.tichyocean.ch.
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| megabreath, on Aug 7, 2009 wrote:
i like how the series ends with one that the girl knows is being taken. | | Anonymous, on Aug 6, 2009 wrote:
I saw a miroslav tichy exhibit, and they had his cameras. Very cool. The ’quality’ aka grittyness is the same in the actual photos, hense the handmade cardboard cameras.. | | Anonymous, on Aug 5, 2009 wrote:
I cant tell if that girl is wearing a white bikini or if she is topless. someone help me out | | Anonymous, on Aug 5, 2009 wrote:
number three has a perfect ass. love that wedgie too | | Anonymous, on Aug 5, 2009 wrote:
haha these are great. they are like pirvy old man photography or something | |
| Fuck Russia, on Jul 31, 2009 wrote:
They almost look like charcoal. | | Anonymous, on Jul 30, 2009 wrote:
"I don’t think this was as acceptable in Czechoslovakia"
i dont think its acceptable anywher | | Anonymous, on Jul 30, 2009 wrote:
first one has a lot of jelly in her trunk. im liking it though. | | Anonymous, on Jul 30, 2009 wrote:
these are a little bit questionable he was just taking sneaky shots of people, wheres the artistic value in that? is he not a pervert? | |
| cynthia, on Jul 28, 2009 wrote:
one of them is so blurry is appears the lady is naked. | | Anonymous, on Jul 28, 2009 wrote:
He’s probably reclusive because he doesn’t want the dads of these girls coming to beat his door down. I don’t think this was as acceptable in Czechoslovakia. | | Anonymous, on Jul 27, 2009 wrote:
Nothing wrong with taking photographs of girls in public. Other than dealing with the potential husband or boyfriend, there is nothing to worry about. | | Anonymous, on Jul 23, 2009 wrote:
The last one obviously knew she was being photographed.
This isn’t the US but here if you’re in public, you can be photographed. If someone doesn’t like it they just have to deal with it. | | Anonymous, on Jul 22, 2009 wrote:
love the hand drawn frames | | Anonymous, on Jul 20, 2009 wrote:
so these girls never knew that they were being photographed? | | Anonymous, on Jul 20, 2009 wrote:
"He has most likely destroyed the majority of the work he produced over the course of his life in what can romantically be described as fits of artistic madness. "
well thats nice. | | Anonymous, on Jul 20, 2009 wrote:
hot and dreamy | | Anonymous, on Jul 19, 2009 wrote:
composition, light and erotic. These are classic. | | Anonymous, on Jul 18, 2009 wrote:
bullshit, vice | |
| halzer, on Jul 17, 2009 wrote:
i love the photographs and like the frames but put together it might be too much. think i’d like them better without the cardboard. | |
| greeksalot, on Jul 17, 2009 wrote:
I think Ive found my new hero. | | Anonymous, on Jul 17, 2009 wrote:
is it really illegal to take pictures of girls at the pool if they dont know about it?? | | Anonymous, on Jul 17, 2009 wrote:
the frames around the pictures look like the stuff I made in preschool arts and crafts time | | Anonymous, on Jul 16, 2009 wrote:
if you made cardboard cameras that worked in 4th grade then when kind of alien workshop shit were you attending? | | Anonymous, on Jul 16, 2009 wrote:
have to be an expert perv to get shots like these on handmade cameras | | Anonymous, on Jul 16, 2009 wrote:
love hte girl in the 6th picture | | Anonymous, on Jul 16, 2009 wrote:
i remember making cardboard cameras in 4th grade art class. good times | |
| shelby, on Jul 16, 2009 wrote:
BY FAR the best thing in the issue! | | Anonymous, on Jul 15, 2009 wrote:
Google image "Miroslav Tichy camera" and see what you get. It’s crazy. | | Anonymous, on Jul 15, 2009 wrote:
gritty, yeah no shit. they were taken on a cardboard camera. you were expecting the sports illustrated swimsuit issue? | | | Next 30 comments > |
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