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Jindřich Štreit

b. 1946

Czech photographer and university educator (born 1946)

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Born 1946. Jindřich Štreit is a Czech photographer, pedagogue, teacher, exhibition curator, illustrator and art photographer.

Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946) is a Czech photographer and pedagogue. Known for his documentary photography, he concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. He is considered one of the most important exponents of Czech documentary photography.

Biography Štreit was born in Vsetín on 5 September 1946. He began taking photographs in 1964, during his studies at the Pedagogical Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc. Following his graduation he worked as a teacher in Rýmařov; later he became director of the school in Sovinec and Jiříkov. In addition to his profession, Štreit actively participated in public life. As a local chronicler he documented the everyday events and life of Czech villages under the communist regime. The photography theorist Antonín Dufek identified him as "a continuer of the tradition of old village teachers, propagators of culture and progress". Since the 1980s, Jindřich Štreit has regularly organized exhibitions, concerts and theatrical performances at the Sovinec Castle. The photographer is sometimes nicknamed 'Jindra from Sovinec'.

In the late 1970s, Štreit's approach to photography began to change. He studied at the Institut výtvarné fotografie (Institute of Art Photography) in Brno, led by K. O. Hrubý and Antonín Hinšt. He was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment with a suspended sentence of two years. As of 2010, Štreit works as a teacher at the Institut tvůrčí fotografie (Institute of Creative Photography of Silesian University in Opava).

Selected exhibitions

1990 Sovinec. Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

2002 Lidé z kraje písku. City Gallery, Pécs; Muvészetek Háza, Eger (both Hungary) Katholische Akademie, Munich (together with Adriena Šimotová) Vesnice je svět. Prospekto Fotografijos Galerija, Vilnius; Fujifilm Fotografijos Galerija, Kaunas (both Lithuania) Jindřich Štreit: Dans le cadre de Bohemia Magica, Le Château d'Eau, Toulouse Mezi námi. Cesty života. Brána naděje, Prague Fotografie. Gallery Langův dům, Frýdek-Místek (Czech Republic) Za oponou. National Museum, Prague Fotografie z kraje písku. New Town Hall, Prague Jindřich Štreit-Tvorivé dielne na Slovensku. Czech Centre, Bratislava

2003 Cesta ke svobodě. Theatre Ludus, Bratislava Cesta ke svobodě. Czabai IFIHAZ, Békéscsaba (Hungary) Cesta ke svobodě. Theatre Baj Pomorski, Toruń (Poland) Lidé olomouckého okresu. Kulturplatz, Münsingen (Switzerland) Daleko od domova. Czech Centre, Novorosijsk, Moscow Beziehungen. Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin Das Tschechische Dorf. Tschechisches Zentrum / Czechpoint, Berlin Interpretace. Gallery Caesar, Olomouc (Czech Republic) Úcta k životu. Church of St. Cyril and Methodius, Přerov (Czech Republic) Svět dětí. Gallery Auritius, Tábor (Czech Republic) Cesty života. Gallery Perseus, Olomouc Viděno srdcem. Olomouc Lidé mého kraje. Museum in Bruntál, Bruntál

2004 Lidé z kraje písku. Hungarian Cultural Centre, Helsinki Vztahy. Czech Centre, Dresden; Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt (Germany); Neumünster (Germany) Lidé ledkových dolů. Maison de l'Alsace, Paris The Village is a Global World. Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne Mezi námi. Gallery Měsíc ve dne, České Budějovice (Czech Republic) Život na zámku. Gallery Patro, Olomouc (Czech Republic) Tak blízko, tak daleko. M.E.C.C.A., Terezín (Czech Republic) Tak blízko, tak daleko. Theatre, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) Tváře za zdí. Gallery of Critics, Prague Lidé mého kraje. Gallery Fiducia, Ostrava; Prague

2005 Jindřich Štreit. Blue Sky Gallery, Portland Ein tschechisches Universum, Gallery Fotoforum, Innsbruck Čzech Universum. Photogallery, Bolzano (Italy) Jindřich Štreit. Photo-Forum, Bozano Jindřich Štreit. Gallery of the Parliament of Lithuania, Vilnius So near and yet so far: Photographs from Chechnya and Ingushia. Gallery Vapriikki, Tampere (Finland) Tak blízko, tak daleko. Museum Kampa, Prague Vztahy. Gallery 4, Cheb (Czech Republic) Cesta k člověku. Minorites Monastery, Opava (Czech Republic) Fotografie J. Štreita ze sbírky Moravské galerie. Moravian Gallery, Brno

2006 Vztahy. Gallery ZPAP Pryzmat, Kraków Jindřich Štreit. Galeria BWA, Bielsko-Biała (Poland) Sovinec. Centrum Kultury Zamek, Galeria Fotografii PF, Poznań Jindřich Štreit. European Parliament, Brussels Jindřich Štreit. Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava Jindřich Štreit. House of Arts, Ostrava (Czech Republic) Jindřich Štreit: Fotografie, které mám rád. Museum of Ostrava, Ostrava Jindřich Štreit. Orlická galerie, Rychnov nad Kněžnou (Czech Republic) Vzpomínky. Malá galerie, Kladno (Czech Republic) Jindřich Štreit. Castle, Sovinec (Czech Republic) Jindřich Štreit. Gallery Zdeněk Sklenář, Prague

2008 Das Dorf ist eine Welt. Fotografien. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen, Passau (Germany)

Books and exhibition catalogues Birgus, Vladimír. Jindřich Štreit: Fotografie. Bruntál, 1980. 14 regards sur le district de Saint-Quentin. 1992. . Vesnice Je Svet / The Village Is a Global World / Das Dorf Ist Eine Globale Welt / Un village, c'est tout en monde. Arcadia, 1993. . Der Hof: Vom Leben am Lande. . With Manfred Chobot. Štreit, Jindřich. Japonsko: Lidé z Akagi / . Opava, Rychnov n.Kn., 1996. Photographs of Akagi in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. With a preface by Vlasta Čiháková-Noshiro (in four languages but not German) and a biography and information about Štreit (in four languages but not Japanese). Štreit, Jindřich; Dufek Antonín. Zabavené fotografie / The Confiscated Photographs. Brno: Moravian Gallery, 1999. Štreit, Jindřich; Cousin, Christophe; Wagner, Jean-Jacques. A coeur perdu / Touches of Heart / Doteky srdce. Belfort: Musée d'art et d'histoire de Belfort, 1999. Štreit, Jindřich. Cesta ke svobodě / The Road Towards Freedom / Weg zur Freiheit. Bruntál: Okresní úřad, 2000. Štreit, Jindřich. Brána naděje / The Gate of Hope / La porte de l'espoir / Tor der Hoffnung. Olomouc: Arcibiskupství olomoucké, 2000. Štreit, Jindřich; Wawrzacz, Jiří (text): Lidé Třineckých železáren / People of Třinec Steelworks / Die Menschen die Třinecer Hütte / Les gens de l'usine métallurgique de Třinec. Třinec: Třinecké železárny; Moravia Steel, 2000. People of the Olomouc region / Lidé Olomouckého okresu. New York: Soho Photo; Czech Center New York, 2000. . Štreit, Jindřich. Fotóhomok / Fotografie z kraje písku / Photographs from the Flatlands. Budapest: Budapest Galéria, 2000. . Jindřich Štreit ze Sovince, aneb, Kam (ne)vstoupila noha fotografova. Moravský Beroun: Moravská expedice, 2001. . Mezi námi / Among Us. V Sovinci: Společnost přátel umění, 2001. . Štreit, Jindřich; Sedláček, Martin (text). Daleko od domova. Brno: Nakladatelství Jaroslav Sedláček, 2002. Cesty života / Ways of life. Olomouc: Krajský úřad Olomouckého kraje, 2003. . Spolu / Together. Olomouc: Občanské sdružení SPOLU, 2003. . Jindřich Štreit - Tváře za zdí / Jindřich Štreit - Faces behind the wall / Yinderehe Shitecaide - Weicheng zhi nei. Sedliště ve Slezsku: Lašské muzeum a galerie; Prague: Čínský kulturní institut, 2003. . Štreit, Jindřich; Kopřiva, J.; Perunová, K. (text). Tak blízko, tak daleko. Čečna a Ingušsko 2003 / So Close and Yet So Far. Chechnya and Ingushetia 2003 / So nah und doch so fern. Tschetschenien und Ingutschien 2003. Prague: Sdružení Česká katolická charita, 2004. Jindřich Štreit: Fotografie 1965-2005 / Jindřich Štreit: Photographs 1965-2005. Prague: Kant, 2006. . Paměť času. Rýmařov: Městské muzeum v Rýmařově, 2006. . Identita reality. V Bruntále: Muzeum v Bruntále, 2007. . Ocelový svět / World of steel. Hranice: Dost, 2008. . Vítkovice. Prague: Kant, 2008. . Japonsko 1995 - Návraty. Hranice: Dost, 2008. . Víra a odpuštění / Faith and forgiveness. Ostrava: Petarda, 2008. . Europeans. Prague: Kant, 2009. . With Vladimír Birgus and Jindřich Marco.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Palacký University Olomouc
Awards
Czech Medal of Merit; Personality of Czech photography; Olomouc City Award; Silver Medal of the President of the Senate
Also known as
Jindrich Streit, Jindrich Štreit

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Who is Jindřich Štreit?

Czech photographer and university educator (born 1946)

When was Jindřich Štreit born?

Jindřich Štreit was born on 5 September 1946 in Vsetín.

What is Jindřich Štreit's occupation?

Jindřich Štreit is a photographer, pedagogue, teacher, exhibition curator, illustrator and art photographer.

What nationality is Jindřich Štreit?

Jindřich Štreit is Czech.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jindřich Štreit

· Wikidata: Q6202166

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