Between September 10, 1981, and January 10, 2003, at random moments JiÞí Hanke took photographs from the window of his apartment. When doing so he always turned his camera on the same point, a street with a pavement on each side, in the city of Kladno, which until 1993 was in Czechoslovakia, and after that in the Czech Republic. Each scene says something about the political climate in which the photograph was made. Hanke also took the photographs at different times of day and in different seasons. Because of this, the average street below his apartment in Kladno becomes a barometer for the everyday life of that city. Ultimately Hanke made 130 photographs from his window.

Jiri Hanke (b. Czechoslovakia, 1944) has received the 'Publication of the Year Award' in the Czech Republic four times since 1995. His work is included in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the National Gallery in Prague, among others.