Karel Hájek
Illustration — Karel Hájek in 1935 Karel Hájek (22 January 1900, in Lásenice – 31 March 1978, in Prague) was a Czechoslovak photographer who was represented by Schostal Photo Agency (Agentur Schostal). Among his best known photographs is the one of Klement Gottwald and Vladimir Clementis on a balcony in 1948 from which Clementis was later erased.
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Karel Hájek
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- Born
- 1900. · Lásenice.
- Died
- 1978. · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia.
- Occupation
- photographer, journalist, photojournalist and typographer.
- Fields
- fine-art photography and documentary photography.
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Illustration — Karel Hájek in 1935 Karel Hájek (22 January 1900, in Lásenice – 31 March 1978, in Prague) was a Czechoslovak photographer who was represented by Schostal Photo Agency (Agentur Schostal). Among his best known photographs is the one of Klement Gottwald and Vladimir Clementis on a balcony in 1948 from which Clementis was later erased.
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• Illustration — German writer Louis Fürnberg giving a speech in front of the portraits of Klement Gottwald and Joseph Stalin • Illustration — Soviet Marshal Ivan Koniev in the Liberation of Prague, 1945
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Karel Hájek is recorded with the occupation nature photographer. Recorded as photographer, journalist, photojournalist and typographer.
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1900
Karel Hájek was born on 22 January 1900.
1978
Karel Hájek died on 31 March 1978.
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- 1.Pour voir les deux photos : Ústav pamäti národa (Institut national pour la mémoire) : https://www.upn.gov.sk/data/files/8-2016-EN-2-1948.pdf
- 2.Milan Kundera raconte cet épisode dans son roman Le Livre du rire et de l'oubli.
- 3.Université de Liège : La toque de Clementis sur la tête de Gottwald. Photographies truquées, mémoire manipulée et imaginaire littéraire
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