Vladimir Birgus
Vladimír Birgus (born 1954) is Head of the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava, for many years he was also Professor of the Department of Photography of the Film and Television Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He is chairman of the Art Board of Prague House of Photography, member of the European Society for the History of Photography, curator of Gallery Opera in Ostrava and House of Art in Opava, chief editor of Photorevue.com, Czech editor of Imago magazine and collaborator of many other magazines including Fotograf, Fografie Magazín, Ateliér, Photonews, European Photography, Leica World etc.
He is the author and co-author of 25 books, including Tschechoslowakische Fotografie der Gegenwart (Heidelberg 1990), European Photography Guide. 6, 7, 8 (Göttingen.1997, 2000, 2003), Czech Photography of the 1990s (Prague and Chicago 1998), Czech Photographic Avant-Garde 1918-1948 (Prague and Stuttgart 1999, Cambridge and London 2002), Photographer František Drtikol (Prague 2000), The Nude in Czech Photography (Prague 2001), Jaroslav Rössler – Czech Avant-Garde Photographer (Cambridge and London 2003, Czech Photography of the 20th Century (Prague, 2005), Eugen Wiškovský (Prague 2006), František Drtikol (Arles, 2007). His photographs have been exhibited in over 50 one-person exhibitions. He has curated and co-curated number of exhibitions in many museums and galleries in Europe and the USA, with Janem Mlčochem he was curator of the exhibition Czech Photography of the 20th Century (Prague 2005).
