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Antonín Kratochvíl (also written Antonin Kratochvil; born 12 April 1947) is a Czech-born American photojournalist. He is a founding member of VII Photo Agency.

Life and work

Kratochvíl was born in 1947 in Lovosice, Czechoslovakia. He gained a BFA in Photography from Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.

He has photographed Mongolia's street children for the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History and the Iraq War for Fortune.^{[citation needed]}

He was suspended from VII Photo Agency in 2017 after sexual harassment allegations were made.^[1] He denied that they ever happened.^[2]

Sarah K. Stanley, in an essay on Kratochvíl's book Vanishing, called it "a unique compilation of images by a photographer who is distinguished by his great sensitivity to the plight of humans beings and animal species seeking survival in endangered habitats."^[3]

Publications

Publications by Kratochvíl

Broken Dream: 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe. New York: Monacelli, 1997. ISBN 9781885254788.
Incognito. Santa Fe, NM: Arena, 2001. ISBN 9781892041456. With a short introduction by Billy Bob Thornton and an interview by Mark Jacobson.
Sopravvivere. Milan: F. Motta, 2001. ISBN 9788871793191. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Galleria Grazia Neri, Milan.
Antonin Kratochvil. FotoTorst series no. 12. Prague: Torst, 2003. ISBN 9788072152001. English and Czech.
Vanishing. New York: de.MO, 2005. ISBN 978-0970576835.
Persona: Portraits. Slovart, 2006. ISBN 978-8072097838. With an introduction by Michael Persson.

Publications with contributions by Kratochvíl

Spirits and Ghosts: Journeys Through Mongolia. New York: powerHouse, 2003. ISBN 9781576871676. By Julia Calfee. Edited and with an introduction by Kratochvíl.
Endure: Renewal from Ground Zero. New York: Rockefeller Foundation, 2001. ISBN 0891840613. By Kratochvíl, Jurek Wajdowicz, Carolina Salguero, Larry Towell and Alex Webb.

Awards

1991: Infinity Award: Photojournalist of the Year, International Center of Photography, New York City^[4]
1994: Dorothy Lange Prize^[5]
1995: Hasselblad Foundation Grant for Photography^[5]
1998: 1st prize, Portraits, Stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam^[6]
2003: 1st prize, Nature, Singles, World Press Photo, Amsterdam^[7]
2005: Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism, Lucie Awards^[8]

References

^ "Antonin Kratochvil suspended from VII following sexual harassment allegations – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
^ "Slovo ženy má větší váhu. Je teď taková politická situace, říká fotograf Kratochvíl o nařčení z obtěžování – Reflex.cz". Reflex.cz. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
^ Stanley, Sarah K. (Sep 2005). "First Day of Remorse". Afterimage. 33 (2): 57–58. doi:10.1525/aft.2005.33.2.57. S2CID 251853499.
^ "1991 Infinity Award: Photojournalism". International Center of Photography. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
^ ^a ^b "Antonin Kratochvil resigns from VII". British Journal of Photography. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
^ "1998 Antonin Kratochvil POS1-AF". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
^ "2003 Antonin Kratochvil NA1". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
^ "The Lucie Awards". Retrieved 2020-04-08.

External links

Official website
VII Photo Agency Bio
Doctors Without Borders Medecins Sans Frontieres
Vogue Masters: Antonin Kratochvil from Vogue Italia on YouTube
Persona Exhibition / Antonin Kratochvil
World Press Photo Foundation

[1] "Antonin Kratochvil suspended from VII following sexual harassment allegations – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 2018-10-31.

[2] "Slovo ženy má větší váhu. Je teď taková politická situace, říká fotograf Kratochvíl o nařčení z obtěžování – Reflex.cz". Reflex.cz. Retrieved 2018-10-31.

[3] Stanley, Sarah K. (Sep 2005). "First Day of Remorse". Afterimage. 33 (2): 57–58. doi:10.1525/aft.2005.33.2.57. S2CID 251853499.

[4] "1991 Infinity Award: Photojournalism". International Center of Photography. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-08.

[bjp-smyth-2018-5] "Antonin Kratochvil resigns from VII". British Journal of Photography. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-08.

[6] "1998 Antonin Kratochvil POS1-AF". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.

[7] "2003 Antonin Kratochvil NA1". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.

[8] "The Lucie Awards". Retrieved 2020-04-08.

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+{{short description|American photojournalist}}
-{{BLP sources|date=February 2015}}
-[[File:Antonin Kratochvil 2017.jpg|thumb|Kratochvíl in 2017 during [[FotoArtFestival]]]]
+[[File:Antonin Kratochvil 2017.jpg|300px|thumb|Kratochvíl in 2017 during [[FotoArtFestival]]]]
-'''Antonín Kratochvíl''' (also written '''Antonin Kratochvil''') (born 1947) is a [[Czechs|Czech]]-born [[United States|American]] photojournalist. He is a founding member of [[VII Photo Agency]].
+'''Antonín Kratochvíl''' (also written '''Antonin Kratochvil'''; born 12 April 1947) is a [[Czechs|Czech]]-born [[United States|American]] photojournalist. He is a founding member of [[VII Photo Agency]].
 ==Life and work==
-Kratochvíl was born in 1947 in [[Litoměřice]], [[Czechoslovakia]]. He gained a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] in Photography from [[Gerrit Rietveld Academie]], [[Amsterdam]].
+Kratochvíl was born in 1947 in [[Lovosice]], [[Czechoslovakia]]. He gained a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] in Photography from [[Gerrit Rietveld Academie]], [[Amsterdam]].
 He has photographed Mongolia's street children for the magazine of the [[American Museum of Natural History]] and the [[Iraq War]] for ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]''.{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}}
+He was suspended from VII Photo Agency in 2017 after sexual harassment allegations were made.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-10-31|title=Antonin Kratochvil suspended from VII following sexual harassment allegations – British Journal of Photography|url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/07/vii-kratochvil-suspended/|website=www.bjp-online.com}}</ref> He denied that they ever happened.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-31|title=Slovo ženy má větší váhu. Je teď taková politická situace, říká fotograf Kratochvíl o nařčení z obtěžování – Reflex.cz|url=http://www.reflex.cz/clanek/video/88871/slovo-zeny-ma-vetsi-vahu-je-ted-takova-politicka-situace-rika-fotograf-kratochvil-o-narceni-z-obtezovani.html|newspaper=Reflex.cz}}</ref>
-While focusing his lens on the disempowerment of others, he "sexually harassed female photojournalists" and groped several women, according to [http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/07/vii-kratochvil-suspended/ reports].
+Sarah K. Stanley, in an essay on Kratochvíl's book ''Vanishing'', called it "a unique compilation of images by a photographer who is distinguished by his great sensitivity to the plight of humans beings and animal species seeking survival in endangered habitats."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Stanley|first1=Sarah K.|title=First Day of Remorse|journal=Afterimage|date=Sep 2005|volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=57–58 |doi=10.1525/aft.2005.33.2.57 |s2cid=251853499 }}</ref>
-“Without warning, Kratochvil slid his hand between her buttocks, she says, and pushed it forward until he was touching her vagina over her clothing. He held his hand there for several seconds, she says. She froze until he removed his hand and then she walked away,” according to one account.
-“I bet you like to be fucked in the ass,” he told another woman, and later kissed her on the mouth against her will.
-He was suspended from VII Photo Agency in 2017 after the allegations were made. He continued to [http://www.reflex.cz/clanek/video/88871/slovo-zeny-ma-vetsi-vahu-je-ted-takova-politicka-situace-rika-fotograf-kratochvil-o-narceni-z-obtezovani.html deny] they happened.
-Sarah K. Stanley, in an essay on Kratochvíl's book ''Vanishing'', called it "a unique compilation of images by a photographer who is distinguished by his great sensitivity to the plight of humans beings and animal species seeking survival in endangered habitats."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Stanley|first1=Sarah K.|title=First Day of Remorse|journal=Afterimage|date=Sep 2005}}</ref>
 ==Publications==
 ===Publications by Kratochvíl===
 *''Broken Dream: 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe.'' New York: Monacelli, 1997. {{ISBN|9781885254788}}.
-*''Incognito.'' Santa Fe, NM: Arena, 2001. {{ISBN|9781892041456}}. With a short introduction by [[Billy Bob Thornton]] and an interview by [[Mark Jacobson]].
+*''Incognito.'' Santa Fe, NM: Arena, 2001. {{ISBN|9781892041456}}. With a short introduction by [[Billy Bob Thornton]] and an interview by [[The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans|Mark Jacobson]].
 *''Sopravvivere.'' Milan: F. Motta, 2001. {{ISBN|9788871793191}}. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Galleria Grazia Neri, Milan.
 *''Antonin Kratochvil.'' FotoTorst series no. 12. Prague: Torst, 2003. {{ISBN|9788072152001}}. English and Czech.
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 ==Awards==
+*1991: Infinity Award: Photojournalist of the Year, [[International Center of Photography]], New York City<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-04-08|title=1991 Infinity Award: Photojournalism|url=https://www.icp.org/infinity-awards/antonin-kratochvil|date=23 February 2016|website=International Center of Photography}}</ref>
-{{BLP unsourced section|date=June 2015}}
+*1994: Dorothy Lange Prize<ref name="bjp-smyth-2018">{{cite web|accessdate=2020-04-08|title=Antonin Kratochvil resigns from VII|url=https://www.bjp-online.com/2018/09/antonin-kratochvil-resigns-from-vii/|date=4 September 2018|website=British Journal of Photography}}</ref>
-*1991 Infinity Award: [[Photojournalist]] of the Year, [[International Center of Photography]].
+*1995: [[Hasselblad Foundation]] Grant for Photography<ref name="bjp-smyth-2018"/>
-*1994 Leica Medal of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography.
+*1998: 1st prize, Portraits, Stories, [[World Press Photo]], Amsterdam<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-04-08|title=1998 Antonin Kratochvil POS1-AF|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/1998/32451/1/1998-Antonin-Kratochvil-POS1-AF|website=www.worldpressphoto.org}}</ref>
-*1994 Dorothy Lange Prize.
+*2003: 1st prize, Nature, Singles, World Press Photo, Amsterdam<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-04-08|title=2003 Antonin Kratochvil NA1|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2003/31638/1/2003-Antonin-Kratochvil-NA1|website=www.worldpressphoto.org}}</ref>
-*1994 Ernst Haas Working Grant.
+*2005: Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism, [[Lucie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-04-08|title=The Lucie Awards|url=https://www.lucies.org/honorees/antonin-kratochvil/}}</ref>
-*1995 [[Hasselblad Foundation]] Grant for Photography.
-*1995 Ernst Haas Award.
-*1997 Gold Medal for Photography from Society of Publishing Designers.
-*1997 First Prize, [[World Press Photo]], Portrait Series, Amsterdam.
-*1997 (Eissie) Alfred Eisenstadt Award for 3Eyewitness Essay2 Life Magazine.
-*2000 Gold ARC Award for Best Annual Report, NGO Category, for Rockefeller Foundation 1999 Annual Report.
-*2003 First Prize, World Press Photo, Amsterdam (2 awards same year).
-*Medal from the City of Prague for Photography.
-*2005 [[Lucie Awards|Lucie Award]] for Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism.
-*2005 Golden Light Award for Best Documentary Book for the book ''Vanishing''.
 ==References==
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 *{{Official website|antoninkratochvil.com}}
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120723041558/http://www.viiphoto.com/photographer.html VII Photo Agency Bio]
-*[[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders]]
+*[[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders Medecins Sans Frontieres]]
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-43y-gRvEO4 Vogue Masters: Antonin Kratochvil] from Vogue Italia on YouTube
 *Persona Exhibition / Antonin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AA1oQ9Od5o Kratochvil]
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-[[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States]]
 [[Category:American people of Czech descent]]
-[[Category:1947 births]]
+[[Category:VII Photo Agency photographers]]
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