Nato in Cecoslovacchia, Antonin Kratochvil si è laureato
in fotografia alla Gerrit Rietveltd Art Academy.
I suoi lavori sono apparsi in numerose riviste e pubblicazioni a livello
mondiale incluso Traveler, della Conde’ Nast, Detour, Mother Jones,
Natural History, Newsweek, New York Times, Smithsonian, Time, la rivista
delle Nazioni Unite Choices, il Mother Jones International Fund
for Photography, USA.
Nel settembre 2001 è diventato socio fondatore dell¹Agenzia Fotografica VII.
Premi
2000 Gold ARC Award for Best Annual Report, NGO Category, for
Rockefeller Foundation 1999 Annual Report
1997 (Eissie) Alfred Eisenstadt Award for "Eyewitness Essay" Life
Magazine
1997 First Prize, World Press Photo Portrait Series, Amsterdam
1997 Gold Medal for Photography from Society of Publishing Designers, New York
1995 Ernst Haas Award, Maine Photographic workshops
1994 Dorothy Lange Prize, Duke University Center of documentary Studies
1994 Leica Medal of Excellence for outstanding achievement in documentary
photography
1991 Infinity Award: Photojournalist of the Year, International Center of
Photography, New York
Pubblicazioni
Sopravvivere: Motta Editore, Italy 2001
Incognito: Arena Editions, USA 2001
Broken Dream: 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe, Monacelli Press, New York
1997.
Borse
1995 Hasselblad Foundation Grant for Photography, Sweden
1994 Ernst Haas Working Grant, USA
