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Jan Reich

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Jan Reich

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1942-05-21 (Prague)
Died
2009-11-14 (Prague) age 67
Nationality
Czech
Languages
Czech
Residence History
Prague

Career

Occupations
photographer
Active Years
1959-2009
Affiliations
Český dřevák
Influenced By
Josef Sudek

Education

FAMU
Art Photography
Period: 1965-1970
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: Czech Republic

Awards

Magnesia Litera
2006
Work: Bohemia
Category: Kniha roku
Organization: Ministry of Culture
Result: winner
Osobnost české fotografie
2009
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cirkus

1964 Landscape Photography

Portraits of circus artists

CircusPortrait

Mizející Praha

2000 Urban Landscape Photography

Disappearing landscapes of Prague

PragueDisappearance

Bohemia

2005 Landscape Photography 147 pages

Historical landscapes of Bohemia

Bohemian landscapeHistory

Bibliography

  • Chodsko (1982)
  • Krušnohoří (1983)
  • Posázaví (1988)
  • Prag-Kleineseite (1993)
  • Praha (1993)
  • Jan Reich – monografie (1997)
  • Mizející Praha (2000)
  • Vltava a Praha (2001)
  • Tichá Praha (2003)
  • Bohemia (2005)
  • Dům v krajině (2007)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Black and white large format cameraLarge format photographyClassical style
Recurring Motifs
Czech landscapesPrague architectureVanishing cityscapes

Health

  • Cancer
    2009
    Cause of death

Legacy

One of the last classics of Czech photography, master of landscape and urban photography

Museums

  • Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze Prague
  • Moravská galerie v Brně Brno
  • Muzeum umění a designu Benešov Benešov
  • Museet for Fotokunst Odense
  • Centre Georges Pompidou Paris

Archives

  • Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze

Trivia

  • Co-founder of the Czech wooden camera group 'Český dřevák'
  • Last generation using large format wooden cameras