Jindřich Štreit

The photography theorist Antonín Dufek identified him as "a continuer of the tradition of old village teachers, propagators of culture and progress".

[2] A year later, in June 1982, Štreit agreed to display his works at the exhibition Setkání (The Meeting) organized in Prague by the graphic artist Alena Kučerová.

After several hours, the exhibition was banned by the state police and Štreit was arrested and accused of defamation of the President and the country.

[2] The photography theorist Anna Fárová managed to include his works in the exhibition 9 + 9, visited by Henri Cartier-Bresson, who documented Štreit's installation and published his photos in the French newspaper Le Monde.

[2] In 1989, after the Velvet Revolution and subsequent democratization of Czech society, Štreit was rehabilitated and allowed to take photographs without limitations.

Jindřich Štreit in 2007.
Since the 1980s, Jindřich Štreit has regularly organized exhibitions, concerts and theatrical performances at the Sovinec Castle . [ 4 ] The photographer is sometimes nicknamed 'Jindra from Sovinec'. [ 5 ]