Kafka Expert

Franz Kafka is one of the well-known and famous persons, who were born in Prague. His literary works are considered as masterpieces of the literature and also influenced many authors and genres of the 20th century. The project "Journeys of Franz K." was founded in 2003 by Czech photographer Jan Jindra, who invited me as a co-author.

We wanted to destroy stereotypes about Kafka as a pessimist, who lived in Prague and had no other interest except writing. We did documentation about 70 places all around Europe, where he went on a holiday. He enjoyed a natural lifestyle, he was vegetarian. Kafka admired technology and innovations as aeroplanes and metro. The main result of our project is the exhibition, a book of photos and also lectures about Kafka, which I had all around Europe.

In 2024 we published the book in Czech publishing house Labyrint, which represents results of our research. There are photos from Czechia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. Modern graphic layout was created by Czech designer Sara Hlasenka. Excerpts from our book - see the gallery below ths text. Now our book is in Czech version, but of course we would like to find publisher in other countries, wo we can introduce our book to foreign readers.

More about our book and other activities about Kafka you will find here.