![]() ![]() In 1987, the archives of his negatives were seized by the police, but later returned. The same year, he became a freelance photographer as the Czech Communist authorities allowed him to cease working in the print shop, and gave him permission to apply for a permit to work as an artist. In 1983, the first book of his work was published in the English-speaking world. From the late 1970s, he became recognized in the West as the leading Czech photographer, and also developed a following among photographers in his own country. ![]() To avoid the attentions of the secret police as his work turned to themes of personal erotic freedom. Returning to Prague, he was forced to work in a clandestine manner in a cellar. In 1969, he traveled to the United States and was encouraged in his work by curator Hugh Edwards. ![]() After completing his military service, he was inspired in 1963 by the catalogue for Edward Steichen’s “The Family of Man” exhibition, and started his journey to become a serious art photographer. ![]() Although he seemed to favor Rolleiflex cameras in later years. In 1959, his wife gave him a more professional Flexaret 6×6 camera. He apprenticed to a photographer and in 1952 started working as a print shop worker, where he worked until 1983. In a Jan Saudek biography, he reveals he got his first camera in 1950. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |