About – Documented by

Vojtěch Veškrna is a photographer with a focus on documentary, portraits and editorial photography based in Prague, Czechia.

In his advertising work he offers the ability to respond sensitively to project/client requirements. His work is not defined by the form but mainly by the way of thinking about the task and the right visual solution.

He holds BA in advertising photography from Thomas Bata University in Zlin and MA in documentary photography from Film and Tv School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). He then spent three years working with the documentary team Sputnik Photos in Warsaw and assisting to artist and Magnum Photos member Rafal Milach.

Here are some thoughts about me by Federico Clavarino on Der Greif Online

Selected Clients
Kunsthalle Praha
Die Zeit
Cosmopolitan
Esquire
Harper’s Bazaar
National Film Archive
Minotti
The Prague Institute of Planning and Development
Dechem
Designblok
Elle Decoration
Elle Czech
Dolcevita
Bohematic
Woolife
Haenke
A2
other various designers, architects and artists

bio (long version):

Thomas Bata University in Zlin – photography (.BcA)
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice – Visual communication
Film and Tv School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – photography (.MgA)
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague – graphic design and new media – atelier 304 / Petr Babák /

Education (other)
2016 The International Summer School of Photography (ISSP)
Anouk Kruithof masterclass (Pelci/Latvia)
2015 Film Spring Open – documentary workshop (Krakow/Poland)
2014 The Rodina book design workshop (Warsaw/Poland)
2012 Deepthroat and The Rodina graphic design workshop (Brno/Czech Republic)

Awards

2021 Czech Grand Design – Photographer of the Year
2016 My Air Force chosen by Jana Romanova as The Best East European Photobook in 2016 (for FK Magazine)
2016 Self Publish Riga – First Award (My Air Force book/selfpublishriga.com)
2016 My Air Force book shortlisted for The Anamorphosis Prize
2016 My Air Force book chosen as the Book of the Week on Photo Eye blog
2013 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Photo Award – Winner

Residence
2013 Tonlab (Prague/Czech Republic)

Exhibitions (group)

2020 Magma: Documentation of performance by artist Matyáš Chochola (Prague/Czech Republic)
2018 A tire-d’aile: Figures de l’envol (Rouen – Normandie/France)
2017 Projektil 33 (Prague/Czech Republic)
2017 Riga Photomonth – Self Publish Riga (Riga/Latvia)
2017 Hackney WickED Festival (London/UK)
2017 Part of the book GR-02092017 by Silja Leifsdottir (Norway/Oslo)
2017 Krakow Photomonth (Krakow/Poland)
2016 ISSP final exhibition (Kuldiga/Latvia)
2015 FAMU — MgA. (Prague/Czech Republic)
2014 Two faces of Prague (Prague/Czech Republic)
2013 CEZká Republika (Boskovice/Czech Republic)
2012 Borders of shadow (Valeč/Czech Republic)
Czechoslovak Trophies (Barcelona/Spain)
Czechoslovak Trophies (Prague/Czech Republic)
2011 New Estethic (Zlín/Czech Republic)
Weightlessness (Prague/Czech Republic)
2010 Welten am Fluss / Süd (Recklinghausen/Germany)

Exhibitions (solo)
2016 My Air Force (Brno/Czech Republic)

Exhibitions (curating)
2015 Sputnik Photos – Is (NOT) (Brno/Czech Republic)

Talks

2020 Scholastika
2016 ISSP Evening Programme
2015 26th Brno Biennial
F! Festival

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