Masters of Photography. Jan Saudek y Mack The Knife de Louis Armstrong
A brief story of a blind photographer… just kidding, a Czech photographer.
Jan Saudek was born eighty-seven years ago in Prague.
He was born along with his twin brother Karel (a famous comic artist and illustrator who passed away in 2015).
He was of Jewish descent, thus in '39 when the Germans occupied the country, his father and his older brothers were deported to a concentration camp, while he and his twin were placed in a center for children of mixed couples near the Polish border.
After the war, he turned to photography and painting; his first camera was a gift from his wife Marie a year after their wedding in '59.
Ten years later, he flew to the States to pursue his career as a photographer and here he held his first solo exhibition.
When he returned home, he was forced to work in a basement to avoid the police.
His style is recognizable for its sepia-toned or hand-colored photos, and the themes range from eroticism to the female body, including political and religious references, but also topics concerning innocence and childhood.
Often the themes are dreamlike, and sometimes the same subject is portrayed multiple times over time and in the same pose to highlight the passage of time.
Some of his works have also been used for album covers, such as "For the Beauty of Wynona" by the legendary Canadian Daniel Roland Lanois and more...
A brief story of a blind photographer… just kidding, a Czech photographer.
Jan Saudek was born eighty-seven years ago in Prague.
He was born along with his twin brother Karel (a famous comic artist and illustrator who passed away in 2015).
He was of Jewish descent, thus in '39 when the Germans occupied the country, his father and his older brothers were deported to a concentration camp, while he and his twin were placed in a center for children of mixed couples near the Polish border.
After the war, he turned to photography and painting; his first camera was a gift from his wife Marie a year after their wedding in '59.
Ten years later, he flew to the States to pursue his career as a photographer and here he held his first solo exhibition.
When he returned home, he was forced to work in a basement to avoid the police.
His style is recognizable for its sepia-toned or hand-colored photos, and the themes range from eroticism to the female body, including political and religious references, but also topics concerning innocence and childhood.
Often the themes are dreamlike, and sometimes the same subject is portrayed multiple times over time and in the same pose to highlight the passage of time.
Some of his works have also been used for album covers, such as "For the Beauty of Wynona" by the legendary Canadian Daniel Roland Lanois and more...
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14 sep 22
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