Antonín Kratochvíl
American photojournalist
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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
- Spirits and Ghosts: Journeys Through Mongolia. New York: powerHouse, 2003. ISBN 9781576871676. By Julia Calfee. Edited and with an introduction by Kratochvíl.
- Endure: Renewal from Ground Zero. New York: Rockefeller Foundation, 2001. ISBN 0891840613. By Kratochvíl, Jurek Wajdowicz, Carolina Salguero, Larry Towell and Alex Webb.
Awards
- 1991: Infinity Award: Photojournalist of the Year, International Center of Photography, New York City[4]
- 1994: Dorothy Lange Prize[5]
- 1995: Hasselblad Foundation Grant for Photography[5]
- 1998: 1st prize, Portraits, Stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam[6]
- 2003: 1st prize, Nature, Singles, World Press Photo, Amsterdam[7]
- 2005: Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism, Lucie Awards[8]