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Antonín Kratochvíl
American photojournalist
Antonín Kratochvíl (also written Antonin Kratochvil; born 12 April 1947) is a Czech-born American photojournalist. He is a founding member of VII Photo Agency.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Antonín Kratochvíl (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Apr 12, 1947.1
Companies
- VII Photo AgencyFounder11
Early life and education
- Date not recordedGerrit Rietveld Academie3
Career
Occupation: photographer, actor, teacher, photojournalist.5
- Date not recordedFounded VII Photo Agency4
Kratochvíl was born in 1947 in Lovosice, Czechoslovakia. He gained a BFA in Photography from Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
He has photographed Mongolia's street children for the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History and the Iraq War for Fortune.
He was suspended from VII Photo Agency in 2017 after sexual harassment allegations were made. He denied that they ever happened.
Sarah K. Stanley, in an essay on Kratochvíl's book Vanishing, called it "a unique compilation of images by a photographer who is distinguished by his great sensitivity to the plight of humans beings and animal species seeking survival in endangered habitats."
From Wikipedia’s article on Antonín Kratochvíl (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
Awards
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- 1WikidataAntonín Kratochvíl on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAntonín Kratochvíl on Wikipedia
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- 11WikidataVII Photo Agency, Founder
- 12Wikimedia CommonsAntonín Kratochvíl photo by John Ramspott, CC BY 2.0