5/24/2023 0 Comments Jan Saudek by Jan Saudek![]() ![]() ![]() He is well-known for his many nudes and characteristic use of colour-tinting which adds a dreamlike quality to individual prints. ![]() Jan Saudek began photographing in 1952 and achieved his greatest commercial success after the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989. It was not about higher principles or anger, for example, over jilted love: it was only ever about money, which I find very sad.” The worst thing about all of this was the involvement of close family members. “Following expenses, there was nothing in it for me. The contract outlined that I would receive only 15 percent of the net profit, which was nonsense, and amounted to nothing over the years.” “In the past I used to have signings for people, spending up to two hours signing photographs and this contract is something I was given by those closest to me and probably signed and just didn’t read. The high court confirmed on Tuesday that the agreement signed was legally unclear and had never been legally binding.įollowing the decision by the court, Radio Prague spoke to the photographer, asking him how the dispute had developed: Jan Saudek The case scrutinised the validity of contracts Mr Saudek signed in 2005 allegedly relinquishing rights for the reproduction of his work to the company (for example of postcards and posters). ![]()
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