Oldřich Škácha (16 October 1941 – 29 March 2014) was a Czech photographer and anti-communist dissident during the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic era in the 1970s.[1] He was a signatory of Charter 77 in 1977.[1][2]
Škácha worked as a photographer for numerous Czech and Czechoslovakian magazines and publications, as well as Barrandov Studios.[1] He was known as a longtime photographer of Vaclav Havel during the communist and post-communist periods.[1][2]
Oldřich Škácha died from a lengthy illness on 29 March 2014, at the age of 72.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Velinger, Jan (2014-03-29). "Czech photographer, former dissident Škácha dies at 72". Radio Prague. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ a b Willoughby, Ian (2010-08-12). "Oldřich Škácha – photographer of Havel and others". Radio Prague. Retrieved 2014-05-04.