In November, 1989, massive demonstrations against the communist regime took place in Prague. On 20 November, 1989, about 150,000 people gathered on Prague's Wenceslaus Square. In other cities around the country too many thousands of people took to the streets. Pavel ·techa photographed the faces of the demonstrators at the Prague manifestation, tense but full of hope for a better future.

Pavel Stecha (Czechoslovakia, 1944-2004) studied photography at the FAMU film academy in Prague. In the 1990s he taught there in the same field. He specialised in documentary and architectural photography, and was involved in the publication of various books.