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New York resident and VII Photo Agency photographer Antonin Kratochvil has been quoted as saying. "To live happy, live hidden." Nevertheless, Kratochvil comes out of hiding and Goes Outside in an article written by Eliza Griswold that appears in the September, 2009 online edition of Outside Magazine.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY - THE MAN & HIS WORK
Says Magnum Photos photojournalist Chris Anderson, "Antonin is the embodiment of instinct. His persona is that of an ogre, but he is frighteningly intelligent, the most astute observer of human behavior I know."
Persona aside, NEED Magazine explains, Mr. Kratochvil's photography is "fluid and unconventional work and he has been sought by numerous publications stretching across widely differing interests."
"From shooting Mongolia’s street children for the magazine published by the Museum of Natural History to a portrait session with David Bowie for Detour, from covering the war in Iraq for Fortune Magazine to shooting Deborah Harry for a national advertising campaign for the ACLU, Kratochvil’s ability to see through and into his subjects and show immutable truth, has made his pictures uncensored visions, not facsimiles."
ANTONIN KRATOCHVIL GOES OUTSIDE
Here are a couple of excerpts from the Outside Magazine article:
"I empathize with people who are being fucked," he says. "When I photograph them, I am photographing myself." Coming from anybody else, that would sound grandiose, but Kratochvil has an innate understanding of what his subjects go through, because he's lived it. He spent his early childhood in a Czech labor camp and grew up in Communism's grip."
"Whether it be image or object, Kratochvil handles what unsettles him by possessing it. Other things he's hung on to: his United Nations Refugee Agency identity card and a length of barbed wire from the Czechoslovakian border, which guards snipped for him as the Iron Curtain was being torn down during the 1989 Velvet Revolution."
Whether you know about the 62-year-old native of Czechoslovakia or not, Please Continue Reading About Antonin Kratochvil In Outside Magazine….he transcends photography.
DO YOU ENJOY DOCUMENTARY PHOTOJOURNALISM ?
If by chance you enjoy Documentary Photojournalism, perhaps you'll be interested in viewing it through the eyes of 52 photojournalists whose photography and text stories appear on Gaia Photos.
Based in 35 countries across the globe, the Gaia Photographers were brought together by Nepal based photojournalist Morten Svenningsen to promote quality and diversity in documentary photography.
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New York resident and VII Photo Agency photographer Antonin Kratochvil has been quoted as saying. "To live happy, live hidden." Nevertheless, Kratochvil comes out of hiding and Goes Outside in an article written by Eliza Griswold that appears in the September, 2009 online edition of Outside Magazine.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY - THE MAN & HIS WORK
Says Magnum Photos photojournalist Chris Anderson, "Antonin is the embodiment of instinct. His persona is that of an ogre, but he is frighteningly intelligent, the most astute observer of human behavior I know."
Persona aside, NEED Magazine explains, Mr. Kratochvil's photography is "fluid and unconventional work and he has been sought by numerous publications stretching across widely differing interests."
"From shooting Mongolia’s street children for the magazine published by the Museum of Natural History to a portrait session with David Bowie for Detour, from covering the war in Iraq for Fortune Magazine to shooting Deborah Harry for a national advertising campaign for the ACLU, Kratochvil’s ability to see through and into his subjects and show immutable truth, has made his pictures uncensored visions, not facsimiles."
ANTONIN KRATOCHVIL GOES OUTSIDE
Here are a couple of excerpts from the Outside Magazine article:
"I empathize with people who are being fucked," he says. "When I photograph them, I am photographing myself." Coming from anybody else, that would sound grandiose, but Kratochvil has an innate understanding of what his subjects go through, because he's lived it. He spent his early childhood in a Czech labor camp and grew up in Communism's grip."
"Whether it be image or object, Kratochvil handles what unsettles him by possessing it. Other things he's hung on to: his United Nations Refugee Agency identity card and a length of barbed wire from the Czechoslovakian border, which guards snipped for him as the Iron Curtain was being torn down during the 1989 Velvet Revolution."
Whether you know about the 62-year-old native of Czechoslovakia or not, Please Continue Reading About Antonin Kratochvil In Outside Magazine….he transcends photography.
DO YOU ENJOY DOCUMENTARY PHOTOJOURNALISM ?
If by chance you enjoy Documentary Photojournalism, perhaps you'll be interested in viewing it through the eyes of 52 photojournalists whose photography and text stories appear on Gaia Photos.
Based in 35 countries across the globe, the Gaia Photographers were brought together by Nepal based photojournalist Morten Svenningsen to promote quality and diversity in documentary photography.
NEW FACEBOOK FAN PAGE
Gaia Photos has a new Facebook Fan Page. If you are using Facebook, you can sign up to get new features served on your Facebook wall automatically.
We all look forward to seeing you there….And Over On Twitter!
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
GAIA Photography and Photojournalism
Follow Me On Twitter
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