Saudek biography

Jan Saudek is the world-famous Czech photographer. 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.

Both of them survived the war. Karel later became a famous comix drawer.

Jan studied a graphic school, and was slowly becoming a photographer.

Saudek biography

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. and had there an exhibition of his works.

But 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 got divorced, in 1972 discovered his famous “wall”, which he then used as a background for the most of his famous pictures.

In the late 1970s he became widely recognized i