Jan Saudek

by Jan Saudek (Photographs), Taschen Publishing

, 199 pages, colour and black and white photographs, index and biographical information at the back, text in English, French and German

Genres: Art, Photography, Erotica

199 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1998

About the author

Jan Saudek is nowadays the most renowned Czech phoptographer in the world. He has had over 400 one-man shows held at. His photographs are included in the most important world collections.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saudek is another photographer who was very influential in my own image making. His themes usually revolve around the complex relationships between men and women, siblings, parents, friends, and lovers. His images are quite breathtaking. Saudek uses paints on his black and white prints to create quite striking images that one would not otherwise see in the natural world.

[Leanne Curtis-Muñoz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This guy is an amazingly talented photographer and once more Taschen has put together a great compilation.

[Ellison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Features B/W and color images from a European photog, some bare skin, male and female. Engaging.

[Elinor · Rating 5 out of 5]

"We walked in that fragrant spring night, children urged on by other children, our hands over our heads. we stood in an open space somewhere, and the soldiers set up a machine gun on legs before us, and under the stars of that April midnight, I wondered dispassionately whether I would see the bullet that would kill me, as it flew closer and closer, as it sunk into my chest and onwards to my heart - but I did not think about the pain... Our life is a journey, a journey to the end of night..."