![]() ![]() ![]() The role of an artist was not easy in the illiberal regime. In the late 1970s he became widely recognized in the western world and in 1984 the official authorities finally allowed him to became the “Professional Artists”, which meant he did not have to work in the factory any more and could have make his living officially by photographing.īut it did not prevent him from being followed by the secret police anyway, in 1987 his negatives were confiscated, but later returned. He got divorced, in 1972 discovered his famous “wall”, which he then used as a background for the most of his famous pictures. and had there an exhibition of his works.īut when he returned to Prague, he was forced to work in half illegality, because the official authorities did not favor the free spirit his works. He went to the army for the obligatory service, then he got married, had two kids and in late 1960´s, when there was quite liberate atmosphere in Czechoslovakia, visited the U.S.A. Jan studied a graphic school, and was slowly becoming a photographer. Karel later became a famous comix drawer. He was born in Prague in 1935 into a Jewish family, most of his relatives died in concentration camps, he and his twin brother Karel were kept in the special children camp for twins. Jan Saudek is the world-famous Czech photographer. Jan Saudek - the world-famous Czech photographer ![]()
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