Vaclav Havel, the first postcommunist president of Czechoslovakia and then of the newly established Czech Republic, died on December 18, 2011, at the age of 75. On the first anniversary of Havel's death, many Czechs are paying tribute to the memory of the writer and democracy icon. The photos collected here are the work of two photographers, Bohdan Holomicek and Tomki Nemec, members of Havel's inner circle who captured moments from his private life as he transitioned from communist-era dissident to head of state.
Vaclav Havel's Legacy, Through The Lenses Of Friends

13
Havel and his wife, Olga, pray alongside Polish President Lech Walesa at Prague Castle on September 16, 1991.

14
A photographer takes an official portrait of the Czechoslovak head of state in 1992.

15
Havel with his second wife, Dagmar, whom he married in 1997, at Hradecek around 2000

16
Nearing the end of his presidency in January 2003, having already moved of the president's residence, Havel appears to breathe a sigh of relief.