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ArtsZika documentary on photographer Jan Saudek premieres in Czech cinemas
Jan Saudek is one of the Czech Republic’s best-known photographers, whose
work is instantly recognizable for his trademark use of coloration and
scarred backdrops, his subjects sometimes intimate, sometimes provocative,
nudes. Not long ago, Adolf Zika, a world-class fashion and artistic
photographer in his own right, completed a feature film about Mr Saudek
which has now hit Czech cinemas. Titled “Jan Saudek – Trapped by his
Passions, No Hope for Rescue”, the film is an attempt to take a closer
look at the man behind a very public persona: that of a “Don Juan” and
a “bad boy” even at the age of 72. Saudek, Adolf Zika makes clear, is
someone whose life and artistic career have been defined by passion, for
better and for worse. More
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With temperatures in the 30s a horse jumps into the family pool to cool
down, over 200 people attend the biggest nude photo shoot ever undertaken
in the Czech Republic. And, could reading your girlfriend's SMS messages
land you in prison? Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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ArtsFilming of new feature documentary on Jan Saudek underway
Jan Saudek has long been recognised as one of the Czech Republic's most
successful artistic photographers, whose pictures are easily identified
for the
photographer's particular use of light, hand-tinting and positioning of
models, often nudes, against painted or plaster studio backdrops. Anyone
acquainted with US band Soul Asylum's CD Grave Dancers Union will be
familiar with at least one Saudek image. Mr Saudek's work was
also featured in the worldwide Absolut vodka campaign. Here, in the Czech
Republic, the photographer is no less well-known. More
Current AffairsPhotographer Jan Saudek gets own permanent gallery in Prague
The world famous Czech photographer Jan Saudek has just got his own
permanent gallery near Prague's Old Town Square. It features over 100
works by the photographer, who is a remarkably youthful 71. I caught up
with Jan Saudek briefly at the thronged opening and asked him: why his own
gallery?
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