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Antonin Kratochvil
Antonin Kratochvil has photographed upheaval and human catastrophes while documenting the time in which he lives. Kratochvil's unique
style of photography is the product of personal experience including his refugee beginnings, intimate conditioning and not privileged voyeurism.
From shooting Mongolia's street children for the Museum of Natural History magazine to a portrait session with David Bowie for Detour, from
covering the war in Iraq for Fortune Magazine to shooting Deborah Harry for a national advertising campaign for the American Civil Liberties
Union, Kratochvil's ability to see through and into his subjects and show immutable truth has made his pictures not facsimiles but uncensored
visions. Kratochvil's numerous awards, grants and honorable mentions date back to 1975. The latest of these are his two, first place prizes at
the 2002 World Press Photo Awards and a 2004 grant from Aperture to publish his study on the fractious relationship between American civil liberties
and the newly formed Homeland Security since the World Trade Center bombings. Kratochvil's fifth book Vanishing (2005) represents a collection of
natural and human phenomena that on the verge of extinction.
A portfolio of Antonin Kratochvil's work can be viewed at www.antoninkratochvil.com.
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