Oldřich Škácha
Illustration — Škácha in 2012 Oldřich Škácha (16 October 1941 – 29 March 2014) was a Czech photographer and anti-communist dissident during the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic era in the 1970s. He was a signatory of Charter 77 in 1977. Škácha worked as a photographer for numerous Czech and Czechoslovak magazines and publications, as well as Barrandov Studios. He was known as a longtime photographer of Václav Havel during the communist and post-communist periods. Škácha died from a lengthy illness on 29 March 2014, at the age of 72.
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Oldřich Škácha
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- Born
- 1941. · Prague.
- Died
- 2014. · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Fields
- photography, documentary photography and portrait photography.
- Languages
- Czech.
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Oldřich Škácha (16 October 1941 – 29 March 2014) was a photographer and journalist.
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Oldřich Škácha was born on 16 October 1941; the birthplace is Prague, Czech Republic, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Oldřich Škácha died on 29 March 2014; the place of death is Prague, Czech Republic, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Oldřich Škácha is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded as a citizen of Czech Republic. Collection of photographs, 1970s–1980s.
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1941
Oldřich Škácha was born on 16 October 1941.
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Oldřich Škácha died on 29 March 2014.
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