Vecernik Praha
01 October, 1972
The critical second at the most difficult hurdle, named 'Taxis's moat', in the Great Pardubice Steeplechase. Vaclav Jirsa made this photograph from a scaffold which was about 1,5m high and located behind all other photographers and perfect for a top view. He used a Leicaflex camera with a motordrive to make the sequence.
Vaclav Jirsa
Vaclav Jirsa (Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1938) was educated as an engineer and worked as a constructor in the Czech dockyard after his graduation. In 1962, he began photographing fo...