Images Indociles

ARLES 2025

RENCONTRES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIEPRO-WEEK 7. - 13. JULY

ALEŠ JUNGMANN

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Since 2007, a body of photographs has been quietly taking shape – images I kept private for many years. Alongside my commissioned work in architectural photography and personal explorations of landscape, another layer began to emerge. One that was more sensual, more bodily, often unsettled.

At first, there was no intention to ever share these photographs. They were more a means of preserving a space for myself – outside commissions, outside systems, outside public expectations. Partly because some of the images felt too intimate, too unsolicited – as if they didn’t belong in a gallery but rather somewhere in the subconscious.

One of the photographs (a portrait in water) appeared as early as 2008 in an exhibition by the Association of Professional Photographers. But there was still no concept, no title. The series continued to grow – slowly, without structure – more like a private diary than a planned project.

What drove me was the desire to capture fleeting moments of beauty that reveal themselves only rarely – not obvious or decorative beauty, but a quiet and deeper kind, the kind that strikes something within. Over time, the diary became an album – where selected pieces are pinned in place, to last a little longer.

These Images Indociles are not a new direction, but rather the unveiling of an undercurrent in my work. They are not a response. They are traces of a second, secret life that has always run parallel to the official one.

Aleš Jungmann (1971)

is a Czech photographer and graduate of the Studio of Fine Art Photography at FAMU in Prague. Professionally focused on architectural photography, his work has been published and exhibited both in the Czech Republic and internationally (including Italy and Australia). In his personal work, he has long explored landscape photography — and, more quietly, a parallel interest in the body and sensory perception.

The Images Indociles series marks the first public presentation of this more intimate thread, developed since 2007 beyond the bounds of his professional practice. His images seek an intimate visual language that touches on fleeting, unshowy beauty — often hovering between dream, physical presence, and inner landscape.

  • 1992–1993 Dokumentární fotografie FAMU, putovní výstava Španělsko, Holandsko, Rakousko
  • 1993Volby, FAMU, Praha
  • 1993 Fotografie FAMU, Interkamera Praha, Palác u Hybernů, Praha
  • 1994 Festival Famu, Městská knihovna, Praha
  • 1996 The Document, Memorial Auditorium Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, USA
  • 1996 Studenti Famu, Rencontres d’Arles
  • 1997 Magisterská abs. výstava, Lichtenštejnský palác, Praha
  • 2005 QEP, Senát České republiky, Praha
  • 2005 Zlatý fond Národního muzea fotografie, Česká národní banka, Praha LINK
  • 2006 QEP, Galerie 4, Cheb
  • 2008 Výběr Asociace profesionálních fotografů, Galerie S.V.U. Mánes Diamant, Praha
  • 2019 Zlatý fond Národního muzea fotografie, Czech Photo Centre, Praha LINK
  • 2019 Blatenský fotofestival 17. ročník, Proti proudu
  • 2022 Photo open up, Cattedrale Ex Macello di Padova LINK
  • 2023 Blatenský fotofestival 18. ročník, Barva
  • 2023 Monochromes, LoosenArt, Millepiani Rome LINK
  • 2023 Felix Schoeller Photo Award shortlist, Museumsquartier Osnabrück LINK
  • 2023 Ještěd 50, Severočeské muzeum Liberec LINK
  • 2023 Kamenná krása, Severočeské muzeum Liberec
  • 2023 Head On Photo Festival, Bondi Beach Promenade, Sydney LINK 1 , LINK 2
  • 2024 Biennale Fotografii Górskiej, Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze
  • 2024 Wystava Poplenerova, Galeria Pod Brazowym Jeleniem, Jeleniogórskie Centrum Kultury
  • 2024 Blatenský fotofestival 19. ročník, Čas
  • 2024 Krajiny, Galerie Kotva, České Budějovice LINK
  • 2025 Krajina, Kabinet fotografie, Kladenský zámek, Kladno LINK
  • 2025 Krajina, Řád z chaosu, Národní zemědělské muzeum, Praha
  • 2025 Images Indociles, La Grande Vitrine, Rencontres d’Arles