Miroslav Tichy Show at International Center of Photography – NYTimes.com

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An Ogling Subversive With a Homemade Camera (Published 2010)

Miroslav Tichy, a Czech who took pictures during the 1960s and ’70s in his hometown, Kyjov, now has a solo show at the International Center of Photography.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/arts/design/12photos.html

The photographs are blurry, skewed, badly printed and in terrible condition: dog-eared, scratched, spotted and encrusted with who knows what. They all show girls and young women, in streets and public parks, going about their business and mostly unaware of the camera.