A line of people kneel at the side of a church praying.
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Markéta Luskačová

Markéta Luskačová (b.1944) is a Czech photographer known for her series of photographs taken in Slovakia, Britain, Ireland and elsewhere. Considered one of the best Czech social photographers to date, since the 1990s she has photographed in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and also Poland.

She has visited Ireland on numerous occasions where she was drawn to photograph pilgrimages and street life. Luskačová has published a number of photobooks throughout her career, most recently RRB Photobooks published By The Sea in 2019.

Her work is held in the National Gallery of Ireland Collection and major public collections internationally.

Artist Projects

Pilgrims, Croagh Patrick, 1972
Markéta Luskačová, Pilgrims, Croagh Patrick, 1972

Details: Archival pigment inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Baryta, 42×59.4cm (paper size), uneditioned print, produced 2021, acquired for the National Photography Collection 2022.

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