About This Image
Contact print. Signed and dated in pen on recto in margin.Helbich is a medical doctor who has been taking photographs since he was 20 years old. He became a close friend of Josef Sudek while he worked at the hospital in Jablunkov in Moravia. He then became Sudek's unofficial apprentice and continued to receive advice and critiques from Sudek. Sudek even gave him the large format camera that he works with.An even earlier influence was Rudolf Janda, who devoted his entire life to photographing the Moravian forests.P. Tausk has written an article, Petr Helbich--J. Sudek's Pupil, in Ceskoslovenska fotografie, 1986, p.10. Also see: Jaskmanicky. Fotografove--Photographers, for more information on Helbich.
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Price $450
Sale Price $315
Ref.# 7862
Medium Silver print
Mount unmounted
Photo Date 2004 Print Date 2004
Dimensions 4-3/4 x 6-3/4 in. (121 x 171 mm)
Photo Country Czech Republic
Photographer Country Czech Republic
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