František Zvardoň (20 June 1949 – 13 November 2024) was a Czech writer, photographer and reporter.
František Zvardoň | |
|---|---|
 Zvardoň in 2022 | |
| Born | 20 June 1949 |
| Died | November 2024 (aged 75) Ittenheim, France |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, photographer |
Life and career
editBorn in Petřvald on 20 June 1949, Zvardoň attended photography school in Brno.[1] He began working in Opava and then Ostrava. In 1976, he was awarded a UNESCO prize for photographer in Vancouver.[2] In 1987, he fled Czechoslovakia and landed in France, seeking political asylum. He joined the La Maison des Artistes in Paris and began reporting in 1989, working in Berlin, Istanbul, and Strasbourg.[3] He was then published numerous magazines and other publications.[4]
In addition to his other activities, Zvardoň also illustrated more than 300 books.[5][6]
Zvardoň died in Ittenheim on 13 November 2024, at the age of 75.[7]
Awards
edit- UNESCO prize (1976)
- Nikon Photo Contest international Prize (1983)
- Olympus Prize (1990)
- United Nations Environment Programme prize (1996)
- Grand Prix of the Académie d'Alsace (2019)[8][9]
Publications
edit- On my own (1990)
- Vache (1992)
- Les routes du lait (1994)
- Paysages humains (1996)
- Bible 2000 (1996)
- Alsace Dialogue du paysage (2000)
- Empreinte du temps (2004)
- L'Alsace de Zvardon (2005)
- Surma (Éthiopie) (2006)
- Petra Werlé – Histoires naturelles (2007)
- Bleu de Terre (2008)
- Le Bas-Rhin (2008)
- Strasbourg (2009)
- Les Alsaciens (2009)
- La route des vins d'Alsace (2010)
- Chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (2010)
- Petra Werlé – De la nature des choses (2010)
- Au fil du Rhin (2010)
- Metz (2010)
- Éthiopie Instants éternels (2011)
- Au-dessus des châteaux de France (2012)
- Au-dessus des parcs et jardins de France (2013)
- Alsace Panorama (2013)
- L'excellence en Alsace (2014)
- Aurora Borealis (2015)
- Secrets de cathédrale (2015)
- Un port au cœur de la ville (2016)
- Silences d'Alsace (2017)
- Lalique, l'art de la main (2018)
- Wissembourg et ses secrets (2018)
- Notre-Dame-de-Paris - Au carrefour des Cultures (2018)
- Hagueneau et ses secrets (2018)
- Sanctuaire Notre-Dame du Laus (2019)
- Notre-Dame de Paris l'éternelle (2019)
- Saverne et ses secrets (2019)
- Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille (2019)
- Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (2019)
- Le champ de feu (2019)
- Hunspach l'authentique (2020)
- Secrets de la Légion étrangère (2022)
References
edit- ^ "Frantisek Zvardon". Babelio (in French).
- ^ "Frantisek ZVARDON". Éditions du signe (in French). Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Frantisek Zvardon". Apollonia (in French).
- ^ "František Zvardoň : l'œil du peintre (II)". Radio Prague (in French). 23 August 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Heidmann, Marie (9 November 2015). "Aurora Borealis, dernier ouvrage du photographe Frantisek Zvardon". France 3 Grand Est (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Strasbourg". Furet (in French).
- ^ Hartmann, Serge (13 November 2024). "Photographe globe-trotter, Strasbourgeois d'adoption, Frantisek Zvardon s'en est allé". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Un Prix plus que mérité…". Eurojournalist (in French). 5 February 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Frantisek Zvardon, grand prix de l'Académie d'Alsace". L'Alsace (in French). Strasbourg. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.