Thoma.cz is about activities of the Czech authoring team of Thoma family. You can find here an infromations about our publications, photographic exhibition projects or see our virtual gallery. English language content is gradually being expanded.

Pour Felicitas in 2012!

1 January 2012 - 1:00am

PF2012We wish you all the best in the coming new year 2012!

This pages, in their new design, exists for one year now, and since then established it's contents and brought at least some information about us. Very some we will extend the contents of this pages with more photo galleries and real photographic portfolio categorised by locality and topics.

The very news now is the blog of Michal Thoma which is just launched in order to present Michal's articles written for various media. It's contents, like current story from Bhutan, will be mostly in Czech, though some English stories will definitely also be added.

Exhibitions lending offer

17 December 2011 - 4:19pm

ČajválovéWe're providing four photographic sets for exhibiting in galleries, museums and other appropriate venues. We do lend exhibitions for low fee covering the transportation and maintance cost. For detailed condition and possible dates please contact us.

We do offer this four photographic sets:

  • Manang 30 Years After - Manang is the remote village in Nepal Himalayas. Michal and Zdeněk Thoma's photographs shows the change which happened there during the lifespan of one generation.
  • Taste of Tea = Taste of Zen - Photographs of Zdeněk Thoma takes us to the charming universe of Japanese gardens, which were built for the tea ceremony.
  • A Day on the Tea Estates - Zdeněk and Michala Thoma's photos shows self contained universes of the tea estates on Sri Lanka.
  • Chai Wallahs - Black and white photostory by Michal Thoma takes us to the side streets of Indian cities to sit and sip a tea with the common folk and tea sellers - the chai wallahs.

Manang 30 Years After Catalogue

23 September 2011 - 3:54pm

Manang 30 Years After CatalogueOn the occassion of the exhibition Manang 30 Yeasr After opening in the Stone Bell House, Prague, we printed new exhibition catalogue in Czech and English language.

Exhibition photographs: Zdeněk Thoma, Michal Thoma
Illustrative photographs: Libor Bureš
Foreword: Ivan M. Havel
Texts: Zdeněk Thoma, Michal Thoma
Translation: Dagmar Hadravová, Michal Thoma
Graphic designer: Kamila Thomová

Publisher: Zdeněk Thoma
Price: 90 CZK

Published: 2011
Format: A4, 64 pages, Czech and English
Printing: Tiskárna Tobola

Exhibition Manang 30 Years After opening in Prague

5 September 2011 - 3:59pm

InvitationWednesday 14 September, 5:30 pm, cellars of the Stone Bell House, City Gallery of Prague, Old Town Square 13, Prague 1

Zdenek and Michal Thoma's photographic exhibition Manang 30 Years After, depicts change in the one Himalayan village since 1979 till today.

Exhibition will be started by Ivan M. Havel and the authors. The experimental musician duo The Havels will play and catering will be provided by Good Tea Room and Wine Cellars Lechovice.

Exhibition will be open from 15 September to 16 October. Opening hours are everyday except Monday from 10 am to 6 pm. Entry is free.

"A Day on The Tea Estates" exhibition in Prague Botanic Garden

3 May 2011 - 7:00pm

Tea plucker6th to 29th May 2011, Prague Botanic Garden, Praha - Troja

Exhibition set of Zdenek and Michal Thoma "A Day on The Tea Estates" will be displayed in the exhibition hall of Prague Botanic Garden. Our exhibition is part of the larger tea exposition about history, culture and plantation of tea. There will be a tea shrubs on display as well

Botanic Garden is open everyday frm 9 am to 7 pm. Basic enterance fee is 50 CZK.

Just second day after opening in 7th May from 2 pm to 6 pm tehre will be Beneficial program for Japan. Admission is voluntary. You can expect display of Ikeabana art, tea ceremony, Japenese drums, martial arts and shakuhachi flute concert.

We invite to the diashow at GO Kamera

6 January 2011 - 2:51pm

As part of travel festival GO Kamera we're going to hold diashow of the photographs from Manang 30 Years After. Event is due to happen at Friday  14th January, 4pm in Congress center of Brno Trade Fairs.

Apart form diashow the GO Kamera festival has rich and interesting program since Thurday 13th to Sunday 16th January.

We hope to see you there!

Prague in the Mirror of the Past

4 January 2011 - 3:14pm

In November 2010 the brand new book we jointly produced was printed.

The photographic book compares views of Czech capital as captured by 19th century photographers with the same sights shot recently by Michal and Zdeněk Thoma. The book comes both in English and Czech languages.

Writing: Soňa Thomová, Michal Thoma
Photographs: Michal Thoma, Zdeněk Thoma
Translation to English: Adrian Dean

Recommended selling price: 399,- CZK
Publisher: Knižní klub

Format: 168 pages, 237 × 237 mm, 806 g, hard cover, Czech and English language
Published: 2010/11
ISBN: 978-80-242-2868-6

Book production was supported by Municipality of Prague 1.

The book can be bought with discount on the publisher's website.

Manang 30 Years After

3 January 2011 - 2:24pm

Manang is the remote mountain village beneath the Annapurna massif in Nepal. In 1979 the Czech photographer Zdenek Thoma spent a several days photographing the village and it's people. After approximately thirty years, his son Michal arrived to Manang to document the dramatic change. The original exhibition set of old and new photographs created by the father and son authors is going to be displayed in Prague, Czech republic, in Kathmandu, Nepal and ultimately at the place of it's origin – Manang village itself.

To find almost everything about this long-term project, please visit it's dedicated website: http://manang.thoma.cz/en

PF 2011 with the new webpages!

2 January 2011 - 2:53am

We wish you pleasant new year 2011!

And we welcome you on the new webpages! Well, unfortunately there is nothing to see in the English language version now. Please check the Czech language version and stay tuned. We're going to expand English languge content soon!

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