Antonín Kratochvíl

Kratochvíl in 2017 during FotoArtFestival

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.

Life and work

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.[citation needed]

He was suspended from VII Photo Agency in 2017 after sexual harassment allegations were made.[1] He denied that they ever happened.[2]

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."[3]

Publications

Publications by Kratochvíl

  • Broken Dream: 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe. New York: Monacelli, 1997. ISBN 9781885254788.
  • Incognito. Santa Fe, NM: Arena, 2001. ISBN 9781892041456. With a short introduction by Billy Bob Thornton and an interview by Mark Jacobson.
  • Sopravvivere. Milan: F. Motta, 2001. ISBN 9788871793191. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Galleria Grazia Neri, Milan.
  • Antonin Kratochvil. FotoTorst series no. 12. Prague: Torst, 2003. ISBN 9788072152001. English and Czech.
  • Vanishing. New York: de.MO, 2005. ISBN 978-0970576835.
  • Persona: Portraits. Slovart, 2006. ISBN 978-8072097838. With an introduction by Michael Persson.

Publications with contributions by Kratochvíl

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Antonin Kratochvil suspended from VII following sexual harassment allegations – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  2. ^ "Slovo ženy má větší váhu. Je teď taková politická situace, říká fotograf Kratochvíl o nařčení z obtěžování – Reflex.cz". Reflex.cz. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  3. ^ Stanley, Sarah K. (Sep 2005). "First Day of Remorse". Afterimage. 33 (2): 57–58. doi:10.1525/aft.2005.33.2.57. S2CID 251853499.
  4. ^ "1991 Infinity Award: Photojournalism". International Center of Photography. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ^ a b "Antonin Kratochvil resigns from VII". British Journal of Photography. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  6. ^ "1998 Antonin Kratochvil POS1-AF". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. ^ "2003 Antonin Kratochvil NA1". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. ^ "The Lucie Awards". Retrieved 2020-04-08.