Jana Ilková (1978) is a photographer in the classical sense of the word. Her shots from the Diary series (from 2018) are a mixture of motifs taken from everyday life which are banal and unattractive at first sight. Illková works with snapshot aesthetics and frequently uses direct flash light which reveals every mistake and shortcoming. She strives for a documentary and scientifically exact reproduction of the seen. The contrast of her photographic approach and the resulting large-format blowups creates a disturbing feeling of triteness.