In After Kytice, I explore my personal connection to a small village in North Bohemia, Czech Republic, where my parents bought a house in 2005. After two decades of returning to this place, I began to see the village not just as a holiday destination, but as a living community. Through photography, I rediscover its landscapes, traditions, and people from a new perspective.
The project explores the rhythms of the Czech countryside, where seasonal rituals and traces of the past live on in both nature and its people. Inspired by Karel Jaromír Erben’s poetry collection Kytice (1853), the work connects folklore, personal memories, and present-day observations, moving between myth and reality.
“The village is more used to outsiders now. There’s a guesthouse, and more holiday homes than back then. You were welcomed with open arms as a young family” - Vera.
