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Contact: Alex Novak and Marthe Smith Email: info@vintageworks.net Phone: +1-215-822-5662 Company: Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd. 258 Inverness Circle Chalfont, PA 18914 USA URL: http://www.vintageworks.net Ref.#: 6847Price: $2,000 Medium: Silver prints (14)Mount: in original album or book formatPhoto Date: 2000>Print Date: 2000Dimensions: 7 x 5 in. (178 x 127 mm)Photo Country: Czech RepublicPhotographer Country: Czech Republic DESCRIPTION: A portfolio of 14 contact silver prints. Each is signed and dated in pen on the recto in the margins, and printed by Helbrich. The group is bound into a book with information on the images and on Helbrich. Helbrich 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 Helbrich--J.Sudek's Pupil, in Ceskoslovenska fotografie, 1986, p.10. Also see: Jaskmanicky. Fotografove--Photographers, for more information on Helbich. Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania buyers must pay appropriate local sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges. |