About This Image

Photographer's stamp and his name and the title (Prijzdi or Arrives in Czech) in pencil on verso of the photograph. Artist's signature on recto of mount. in pencil. Doesn't black light and printed on Agfa-Brovira paper with an early logo on the verso.Josef Vorisek was born December 12, 1902 in Prague and died January 1, 1980 in Sluknov, Czech Republic.Vorisek was an aviation engineer at the Prague Aero factory, and later an automobile designer. He is the author of the Aero 30 and Aero 50 bodyworks.Vorisek was also a talented amateur photographer and contributed to many Czech publications, including Eva and Ozv?ny (Echoes). He and Josef Sudek shared a lifetime friendship and interest in artistic photography. He took many portraits of that master photographer. Vorisek was active in photography from the 1920s-1960s, although much of his work was photojournalism in style.

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