Old Jewish Cemetary in Prague (stones on graves)
Maker
Brok, Jindřich
Czech, 1912-1996
Date1961
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage/paper: 15 5/8 in x 11 5/8 in; mat: 20 in x 16 in
Credit LineGift of the Baruch Foundation
Object number2009:81
About the ArtistIn 1934, Jindřich Brok studied under the well-known Czech photographers, Jaromir Funke and Josef Ehm, whom he met at the State Graphic School in Prague. By 1949, Brok became the head of the photography department of Skloexport, a Czech glassware and crystal exporter. He began to publish his images of glassware in a variety of Czech photography books, which resulted in a collaboration with Glass Review, where he supplied images for nearly three decades. In 1962, Brok became a professor at the Secondary Technical School of Graphic Arts, where he taught glass photography. Brok was awarded the Medal of Excellence (1957) and the Gold Medal at the Brussels World Fair (1958). His works are in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center and the George Eastman House database, among others. Brok has been exhibited at the Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague (2015) and Vintage Works, Ltd, Chalfont (2020).
J. Shimon and J. Lindemann
2008 - 2011
Lange, Dorothea
1953, published in Life Magazine in September 1954
