FAFEK, EMIL - Emil Fafek. 40 Let Fotoreporterem (Emil Fafek. 40 Years Photojournalist)

Praha, Mlada Fronta. 1985, 1st edition. 21 x 29,5 cm. Orig. Cloth with Dustjacket 208 pp, with ca. 200 photos. A comprehensive selection of Czech photojournalist Fafek's images from a 40 year career dating back to the late 1930's. Introduction by Ondrej Neff. Text in Czech./ Fotografoval od svých patnácti let. Vyucil se retušérem, v roce 1942 byl totálne nasazen do Nemecka, odkud utekl roku 1944 zpet do Prahy. Fotografoval Pražské povstání v kvetnu 1945. Jeho snímky otiskl deník Mladá fronta, kde pak pracoval jako fotoreportér až do roku 1990.[1] V roce 1948 fotografoval únorové události, v následujících letech stavby mládeže, budování težkého prumyslu a kolektivizaci.[2] Dokumentoval také srpnovou okupaci v roce 1968, ale tyto snímky byly zverejneny až po listopadu 1989. Fotografoval rovnež sport. Roku 1964 získal tretí cenu World Press Photo v kategorii sportovní fotografie.

See/Hide Conditions of Sale

Following conditions of sale apply:
Terms of Sale

- When you want to order a book, please send us an e-mail or a letter
- We inform you as soon as possible about your request
- All prices are in euro. Postage and insurance are not included.
- You will receive a statement of the total costs in advance.
- Payment by giro- or banktransfer to our bank - account. Despatch only by pre- payment.
- All items are assumed to be complete and in the original or contemporary binding, unless otherwise stated. Minor defects, such as small stamps, tickets, labels and small inscriptions, or unimportant stains or damage to bindings are in general not mentioned.
- All books are in Octavo, unless another format is given.
- Any item may be returned within 7 days after receipt without further explanation. After that restitution of the purchase-price (but not of the dispatch-costs) will take place. If the item is returned because of an inaccurate desription, the dispatch-costs as well as the return-costs will be restituted. In both cases prior notification by e-mail will be appreciated.