![]() Their mother's family came to Prague from Bohemia, and their father from the city of Děčín in the northwest part of that area. Jan Saudek and his twin brother Karel (also known as Kája) were born to a Slavic (Czech) mother and Jewish father in Prague in 1935. A disintegrating wall and a window giving a glimpse into the backyard became the witnesses of his fantasies and collaborations with models of all different sizes and origins. He lived in poverty using the only room in his basement as his studio. The cliché of a naked man holding a naked new born baby with tenderness became a picture that was reproduced so many times that the composition became as commonplace as posing for a graduation picture.ĭuring his life in communist Czechoslovakia, Jan was labeled by the totalitarian regime as a pornographer. Jan is the author of many “ mise en scene” that were re-taken and copied by other artists. His art gained more prominence during the 1990s, thanks to his collaboration with the publisher Taschen.ĭuring the 2000s, Saudek lost all his photo negatives in matrimonial dispute and his pictures are now displayed on internet for free. In his country of origin, Czechoslovakia, Jan was considered a disturbed artist and oppressed by authorities. Jan Saudek's art work represents a unique technique combining photography and painting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jan Saudek (born ) is an art photographer and painter. The World of Jan Saudek: Photographs, Jan Saudek-Il teatro de la vita, Story from, Czechoslovakia, My Country, and Photographs by Jan Saudek ![]()
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