FINE ART PRINTS - ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Original Photographs - Fine Art Prints & Vintage Collectors
Unique original photographs, available in limited quantities, limited editions, or as a single original piece. All works are signed by the author and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, guaranteeing their authenticity and value.
The photographs are produced using various techniques — from traditional wet darkroom processes to modern digital methods such as exposure and fine art printing. The works are mounted in frames with museum-grade glass, which protects the photographs from UV radiation and minimizes unwanted reflections, ensuring gallery-quality presentation and long-term durability.
Each photograph is edited according to my personal preferences and experience, so that the final result best reflects my artistic vision.
#ShowMore#
Hand-printed Photographs - Gelatin Silver Prints
Authentic hand-printed photographs on silver gelatin paper, representing the classic tradition of analog photography. Each photograph is manually enlarged from a film negative using traditional darkroom processes — developer, water, fixer, washing, drying, stretching, and manual retouching. This meticulous, time-proven process makes every photograph a unique original.
These prints belong to the most precise, yet also the most time- and cost-intensive photographic techniques. Due to the handcrafted darkroom process, each piece is unique, often produced in editions of one to three prints only. No two photographs can ever be completely identical, as every detail is influenced by the human factor and the inherent imperfections of manual craftsmanship.
True art in every detail — handmade.
Pigment print - Giclée
Pigment printing, also known as Giclée, is currently one of the most sought-after printing technologies among galleries, collectors, and art institutions. This specialized print process is carried out on luxurious, high-cotton-content papers that offer a wide range of surface finishes and textures.
Artists typically choose the paper based on personal preference and on what best complements their work. I personally favor papers from the German brand Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, renowned for their centuries-long tradition and exceptional quality. These papers provide photographs not only with a distinctive aesthetic character but also with outstanding longevity.
Product sorting
54 items total
List of products
€680
First Meeting “Straight On”, Prague, December 29, 1989
Although I had photographed Václav Havel almost a week before his election as President of Czechoslovakia, it had always been among many people—at the Civic Forum headquarters—where I was, in a way, anonymous. Early in the morning, on the day of the presidential election, I entered the building on what was then Engels Embankment and rang the bell of the apartment with the nameplate “Havel.”
The flat was buzzing with activity; I didn’t know most of the people around him at all. Still a “non-president,” Václav Havel sat in his study, going over his inaugural speech. I felt immense respect for him and was very nervous, yet I tried to capture the unique atmosphere of the moment. Fortunately, he didn’t notice me at all.
— Tomki Němec
€680
Departure, Cabo da Roca, Portugal, December 14, 1990
Perhaps only two minutes—maybe even less—separated the making of this photograph, taken on the same beach at the westernmost point of Europe, from the moment when Václav Havel reached the sea and was surprised by a breaking wave.
From time to time it happens that I press the camera shutter and my heart starts pounding, because I know that it’s there. When I photographed the president walking away, leaving his footprints in the sand, from the very first instant I pressed the shutter I wished for the impossible—that the moment when symbolism would turn into reality would never come.
With Václav Havel’s departure “up there,” this photograph has quite possibly become my best-known image.
Václav Havel — Departure, Cabo da Roca, Portugal, December 14, 1990
€680
The Wave, Cabo da Roca, Portugal, December 14, 1990
The Atlantic is cold and treacherous in December. During an official visit to Portugal, local hosts took Václav Havel to the westernmost point of Europe. He set off on foot along the beach toward the sea and misjudged an incoming wave. That is how one of my most famous photographs came to be—“the president surprised by the sea.” I soaked my shoes too.
#004_The Wave, Cabo da Roca, Portugal, December 14, 1990
— Tomki Němec
€680
Breakfast at Home, Rašín Embankment, Prague, July 5, 1990
In pajamas, sunlight pouring through the windows, a sense of calm. As if nothing special were happening—an impression of a lazy Sunday morning…
In a moment he will finish his tea, put on a suit, and head to Prague Castle, where, in Vladislav Hall, the former dissident Václav Havel will once again be elected President of Czechoslovakia.
— Tomki Němec
€680
The Tough Guy. Lány, Spring 1990
The caption in my book Havel reads: “In a fast official BMW, with personal bodyguards trailing behind.” That’s exactly how it was. Václav Havel, who always loved driving, found himself in a stalemate the moment he became president. This joy—like many others—was taken away from him. He did manage to negotiate one thing: he would always sit in the front passenger seat next to the driver (which made the security service “sweat”), but he was no longer allowed to drive himself.
In the spring in Lány, he managed to get behind the wheel to test just how fast that BMW could go. I was sitting in the back, and it was the first time in my life I ever came close to a speed of 200 km/h…
— Tomki Němec
€680
Heroes of My Life. Havel and Jirous, Trutnov, August 23, 2008
Václav Havel and Ivan Martin Jirous.
Citizen Havel and citizen Jirous. Two seniors. Backstage at the Open Air Trutnov rock festival, also known as Trutnov Woodstock, which Václav Havel attended whenever he spent August at his cottage in Hrádeček.
For me, this is a symbolic meeting of two giants, united by a life lived without freedom. Both prisoners of conscience. Both persecuted by the Communists and their collaborators. Both passed away in the same year—2011.
#theynevergaveup
#013_Heroes of My Life, Trutnov, August 23, 2008
Tomki Němec
€680
The Ruler. Slavkov Castle, October 28, 1990
This photograph was taken during a break in tense negotiations about the constitutional arrangement of the federation—one of many attempts to reach an agreement between the two republics on the future of the common state. The atmosphere was strained, and finding consensus among politicians was far from easy.
During the break, Václav Havel sat down in a small lounge reserved for the president and his entourage, settling into a “royal” armchair. Watched by his advisers, he laughed and declared that if he were a ruler, he wouldn’t fuss about it—he would simply issue a decree. And that would be that!
Anyone who ever came into contact with him knows that he loved to laugh and had a great sense of humor.
— Tomki Němec
The artworks are intended for personal use only, for display in private residences or other private spaces. Any other use — such as display in public spaces or institutions, online or print publication, or any other form of commercial use — is permitted only with the author’s prior written consent.
For additional information, please feel free to contact me, and we can arrange a personal meeting at my studio.