Jan Saudek, Czech Photographer, Silver Gelatin Print, Titled Purgatory Nr. 351

Jan Saudek, Czech Photographer, was born in Prague. In 1950, he got his first camera KODAK BABY Brownie - first photographic Attempts. Saudek apprenticed to a photographer in 1952, and he worked as a printing shop worker until 1983. In 1972, he found his typical WALL composition, which became a sort of projection screen for his figural scenes. His first monograph Il Teatro de la VITA appeared in Milano in 1981. In 1983, he was a free-lance photographer - he devoted himself fully to his work. Saudek was the bearer of the French title "Le Chevalier des Arts and Letters' ' (Knight of Art and Literature) in 1990, as the first Czech at all French film director Jerome de Missolz made a film about him Jan Saudek - Czech photographer. In 2005, appeared his 14., biggest monograph SAUDEK (published by Slovart, Praha), accompanied by a wide retrospective Exhibition in Praha. Saudek is nowadays the most renowned Czech photographer in the world. He has had over 400 one-man shows. His photographs are included in the most important world collections.