Viktor Mácha (1984) comes from Prague where he attended Theology and Religious Studies at Charles University. Since 2006 he has been travelling around the world at his own expense, documenting the heavy industrial sites such as iron works, steel works, rolling mills, forges, foundries and coke plants. Currently his archive comprises of several hundred mills…

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Viktor Mácha (1984) se rozhodl svůj život zasvětit dokumentaci těžkého průmyslu a za posledních 15 let na své vlastní náklady navštívil více jak 290 oceláren, sléváren, kováren, válcoven a železáren v 32 zemích. Jeho snímky jsou zastoupeny v soukromých sbírkách, podnikových archivech i depozitářích evropských galerií. Jeho fotografie inspirují umělce od západního pobřeží USA po…

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It all started a few years ago. I was just driving through Karvina to take an early evening photo of the ČSA mine when I got a call from an unknown number with a French area code.  The charming lady on the other end introduced herself as Marion Tivital (*1960), who said she had discovered my photographs and…

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EU decreased steel production by 6.8% y/y in May 2022.Nine European plants fully or partially suspended steel production. Low demand and high energy prices are not helping the market at all. Brace yourself, Autumn is coming fast.

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