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In After Kytice, Martijn explores his personal connection to a small village in North Bohemia, Czech Republic, where his parents bought a house in 2005. After two decades of revisi
ting this place, he approached the village not as a holiday destination, but as a living community, rediscovering its landscapes, traditions, and people from a new perspective. The project explores the rhythms of the Czech countryside, where seasonal rituals and traces of the past live on in both nature and its people. Inspired by Karel Jaromír Erben's poetry collection Kytice (1853), the project connects folklore, personal memories and present-day observations, moving between myth and reality. “The village is more used to outsiders now. There’s a guesthouse, and more holiday homes than back then. You were welcomed with open arms as a young family.” Edition © 2026 Rust Publishing ISBN 978-83-981360-0-6 Photography & text: Martijn Schmidt Editing: Martijn Schmidt, Heiner L. Beisert, Jakub Szachnowski Design: Doğa Gönüllü, Jakub Szachnowski Printing & binding: Skleniarz DTP: Tomasz Kubaczyk Paper: Garda Pat Kiara, Crush Coffee Edition: 600 © 2026 Rust Publishing | All rights reserved. www.rustpublishing.cc @rustpublishing @martijnschmidt martijnschmidt.com rustpublishing.cc Kindly supported by het Cultuurfonds.
