In the early period, she joined a circle of young artists centered around Karel Teige.

From the early 1950s, she focused on creating several loosely overlapping thematic cycles that went through her whole career, up to her death.

[5] Although she found inspiration mainly in Prague, she created extensive photographic cycles of Paris (1966) and Italy (1967).

[6] The life and work of Medková were covered in a monograph designed by art historians Karel Srp and Lenka Bydžovská, curators of her first comprehensive exhibition, held in 2001.

It was initiated by the renowned art historian Anna Fárová and published in 1976 in the magazine Československá fotografie (Czechoslovak Photography).