Jitka Hanzlová is a renowned Czech photographer, born in Nachod, Kralovehradecky kraj, Czech Republic in 1958. She studied Visual Communication and Photography at the University of Essen, Germany, between 1987 and 1994, and has since worked on her ow...
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Jitka Hanzlová is a renowned Czech photographer, born in Nachod, Kralovehradecky kraj, Czech Republic in 1958. She studied Visual Communication and Photography at the University of Essen, Germany, between 1987 and 1994, and has since worked on her own projects. Throughout her career, she has received several awards, including the Otto Steinert Photography Prize in 1993 and the European Photography Award in 1995, in addition to having been shortlisted twice for the Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize in 2000 and 2003. Her most recognized work is "Rokytník," a series of photographs portraying the small Czech village of the same name where she grew up, and "Female," a collection of portraits of women from different countries. Hanzlová has earned admiration in both Europe and America for her photographic series focused on communication and emotions, exploring themes such as memory, identity, and landscape. Although she initially focused on personal memories, Jitka Hanzlová has developed a wide variety of photographic series throughout her career. She currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany, and continues to explore new themes and techniques in her quest to capture the complexity of human beings and their environment.
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