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Jaroslav Rössler (Smilov 25 May 1902 – Prague 5 January 1990) studied photography (1917–1920) at the Prague company of Drtikol & Co., where he also met his wife Gertruda (née Fischerová). In late 1927, they moved to Prague with their daughter Sylva. In July 1935, the police detained Rössler for taking photographs near a protest by government workers, and so Rössler, a member of the “Amis de Spartacus” club, was expelled from France as an undesirable alien. After this, the photographic family worked in Prague. This publication shows the broad range by which Rössler reflected reality, both inner and outer, from the 1920s to the 1960s. His abstractions go the furthest when he avoids even the shadow play of photograms. Sometimes he would set the light bulb in motion, or he might use it to expose the negative directly (“luminography”). In so doing, he became a pioneer of absolute non-figurativeness in a medium that is generally known for its realism. The volume was written by Josef Moucha.