Antonín Kratochvíl

Antonín Kratochvíl is a Czech-born American photojournalist. He is a founding member of VII Photo Agency.

Life and work

Kratochvíl was born in 1947 in Lovosice, Czechoslovakia. He gained a BFA in Photography from Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
He has photographed Mongolia's street children for the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History and the Iraq War for Fortune.
He was suspended from VII Photo Agency in 2017 after sexual harassment allegations were made. He denied that they ever happened.
Sarah K. Stanley, in an essay on Kratochvíl's book Vanishing, called it "a unique compilation of images by a photographer who is distinguished by his great sensitivity to the plight of humans beings and animal species seeking survival in endangered habitats."

Broken Dream: 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe. New York: Monacelli, 1997..
Incognito. Santa Fe, NM: Arena, 2001.. With a short introduction by Billy Bob Thornton and an interview by Mark Jacobson.
Sopravvivere. Milan: F. Motta, 2001.. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Galleria Grazia Neri, Milan.
Antonin Kratochvil. FotoTorst series no. 12. Prague: Torst, 2003.. English and Czech.
Vanishing. New York: de.MO, 2005..
Persona: Portraits. Slovart, 2006.. With an introduction by Michael Persson.

Spirits and Ghosts: Journeys Through Mongolia. New York: powerHouse, 2003.. By Julia Calfee. Edited and with an introduction by Kratochvíl.
Endure: Renewal from Ground Zero. New York: Rockefeller Foundation, 2001.. By Kratochvíl, Jurek Wajdowicz, Carolina Salguero, Larry Towell and Alex Webb.

1991: Infinity Award: Photojournalist of the Year, International Center of Photography, New York City
1994: Dorothy Lange Prize
1995: Hasselblad Foundation Grant for Photography
1998: 1st prize, Portraits, Stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam
2003: 1st prize, Nature, Singles, World Press Photo, Amsterdam
2005: Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism, Lucie Awards