January | February 2006 - Boston Photography Focus
January | February 2006 - Boston Photography Focus
January | February 2006 - Boston Photography Focus
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LECTURE<br />
ANTONIN KRATOCHVIL<br />
Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 16, 7:00pm<br />
Antonin Kratochvil, Bush Meat Market, 2004,<br />
from the book [VANISHING].<br />
BOSTON UNIVERSITY PHOTONICS CENTER, AUDITORIUM 206, 8 ST. MARY’S STREET, BOSTON<br />
$10 MEMBERS/$15 NON-MEMBERS/FREE FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS AND SENIORS<br />
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the PRC presents a new lecture series featuring nationally<br />
and internationally renowned artists working in photography and related media and photo-historians.<br />
Czech photographer Antonin Kratochvil, a founding member of VII Photo Agency and<br />
one of the premiere photo-journalists of our time, kicks off the series with a discussion of his<br />
work. Over the past 25 years, his assignments have taken him around the world and on diverse<br />
assignments. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Time, Conde<br />
Nast Traveler, Geo, Mother Jones, Smithsonian, Time, Natural History and the United Nations<br />
Choices magazine. His books include Broken Dream, Incognito, and Vanishing (read PRC Education<br />
Coordinator Michael Christiano’s book review on page 9). He has earned numerous awards<br />
including the Infinity Award from the International Center of <strong>Photography</strong> for the “Journalist<br />
of the Year” (1991), the Leica Medal of Excellence for outstanding achievement in documentary<br />
(1994), the World Press Photo winner in the Portrait Series (1997), and the Alfred Eisenstadt<br />
Award (1998) administered by Columbia University under a grant from Life magazine.<br />
Read Michael Christiano’s review of Kratochvil’s book on page 9.<br />
Antonin Kratochvil, photographed by Matt Bruggmann