Current Affairs Art historian Anna Fárová dies at 81

02-03-2010 15:05 | Jan Richter

The acclaimed Czech champion of photography Anna Fárová died in Prague at the age of 81 over the weekend. Ms Fárová catalogued and exhibited the works of some great Czech photographers, including Josef Sudek and František Drtikol. Despite persecution by the communist authorities Anna Fárová also launched the first ever line of books on photography in Europe.

Cardinal Pacelli in Montmarte, Paris, 1938, photo: Henri Cartier-Bresson Cardinal Pacelli in Montmarte, Paris, 1938, photo: Henri Cartier-Bresson   Back

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