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Michal Josephy

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Michal Josephy
Born20 June 1977
EducationGeneral Anthropology
Alma materCharles University
OccupationAnthropologist
RelativesKarel Josephy grandfather

Michal Josephy (born 1977) is an American anthropologist, traveller, adventurer, humanitarian and street photographer,[1] travel and science journalist and lecturer of science journalism and visual anthropology at Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague.[2]

Biography

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Michal Josephy is the grandson of Karel Josephy, the Chief executive officer of Tobacco Factory[3] in Tábor, Bohemia. This factory, built during Alexander Seik ´s mayorship, was the largest industrial enterprise in South Bohemian Region (1888 - 1953), one of the largest in Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the division of Tobacco industry where women workers were exclusively employed.[1] He is a patrilinear descent of Anton Josephy, the city and criminal council [4] and Bernart Yozeff, the owner and builder of the oldest surviving and exceptionally valuable inscription of mill establishing in Bohemia which is engraved in sandstone, late renaissance portal (1541)[2][permanent dead link‍].

Career

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Anthropologist focused on visual anthropology anthropology of supermodernity and anthropology of body, beauty and fashion.[5] As an anthropologist, he collaborated with economic historian John Komlos on National Geographic (magazine) project How Czech People Grow.[6] As an anthropologist and photographer he created the project WWWomen[7] aiming at world - wide women's beauty.[8] He is also the author of several publications[9][10] of UNICEF Mozambique, visual background of song Sofrimento by Neyma feat. Stewart Sukuma,[11] headline poster[12] for campaign End Violence by Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, Liam Neeson, Millie Bobby Brown and campaigns Day of the Girl focused on violence against adolescent girls [13] and against child marriage.[14] As a travel journalist and science writer he works for National Geographic CZ,[15][16] TV Prima ZOOM, Czech Airlines and Travel Service in - flight magazines.[17] He was one of the first photojournalists who covered infamous Scampia, the no - go zone managed by Camorra, long before Gomorrah (TV series).[18] As lifestyle journalist he collaborated with Elle (magazine), Vogue (magazine), Harper's Bazaar and ForMen.[19] He also serves as curator of memorial books of Tobacco Factory in Tabor (1874 - 1953).

Travels

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In 2017 Josephy visited more than 100 countries and passed the requirements to join the prestigious Travelers' Century Club.[20] He travelled through the most parts of Portuguese Empire from Brazil, Goa, Macau, Malacca City to Japan and in the footsteps of French poet, adventurer and merchant Arthur Rimbaud from his birth - place Charleville-Mézières to Harar in Ethiopia.[21]

Awards

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As a photographer, he is the winner of "Europe´s biggest and most prestigious photography competition" Prix de la Photographie Paris[22] 2013,[23] People's Choice Awards and Silver Prize PX3. Bronze Prize at Tokyo Photo Awards 2016 (conflict - editorial),[24] finalist of "Henri Awards" (International Street Photography Awards, San Francisco, USA),[25] finalist of London Street Photography Festival [26] and Photographer of the Year, ATOD Magazine.[27] His photographic work was published in PX3 books, and exhibited in galleries like Harvey Milk Photocenter,[28] San Francisco, USA, Espace Dupon, Espace Beaurepaire Paris, Le Magasin de Jouets Galerie, Arles, Owada Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival , Instituto Camões, Prague [29] and Faculty of Arts, Palacký University, Olomouc.[30] His selected fine - art photographies are in private collections, mainly in USA and Czech Republic.

References

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  1. ^ "Michal Josephy - ATOD Magazine: A Taste of Dawn". Atodmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Předměty". Is.cuni.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ^ Jan, Hubička; Marie, Šechtlová. "Šechtl & Voseček photo: Tobacco factory, 1888 (1890) | photo id: desky/deska0531". Šechtl & Voseček. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  4. ^ Kaiserlich königlicher Schematismus für das Königreich Böheim auf das gemeine Jahr ... (in German). Schönfeld. 1827-01-01.
  5. ^ Garcia, Dawn (September 2015). "In Search of Beauty: Michal Josephy". ATOD Magazine: A Taste of Dawn. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  6. ^ "Michal Josephy » Michal Josephy: Antropologie v praxi » How czech people grow". www.josephy.cz. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  7. ^ "C.O.T. media - MyWings 2/2017". Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  8. ^ "www.michaeljosephy.com". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27.
  9. ^ "UNICEF Mozambique - Media centre - Make the Invisible Visible: UNICEF urges louder voices and urgent action to fight violence against children". Unicef.org. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  10. ^ "UNICEF Annual Report 2011 : Mozambique" (PDF). Unicef.org.mz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Neyma - Sofrimento (feat. Stewart Sukuma) Vídeo Oficial". YouTube. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  12. ^ "UNICEF Mozambique - Media centre - Make the Invisible Visible: UNICEF urges louder voices and urgent action to fight violence against children". Unicef.org. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  13. ^ "UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa - For Children & Youth - New York, 10 October 2014: Nearly one in four adolescent girls experience physical violence". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  14. ^ "Child marriage in Mozambique". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  15. ^ "Michal Josephy » Michal Josephy: Antropologie v praxi » How czech people grow". Josephy.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  16. ^ "Michal Josephy - National Geographic Česko". National-geographic.cz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  17. ^ "C.O.T. media - Travel Service Magazine CZE/ENG Léto/Summer 2015". cotmedia.cz. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  18. ^ "Michal Josephy » Michal Josephy: Antropologie v praxi » Dark fields of Naples". www.josephy.cz. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  19. ^ "For Men | CNC / CZECH NEWS CENTER a.s." www.cncenter.cz. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  20. ^ "TCC History | The Travelers' Century Club". travelerscenturyclub.org. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  21. ^ s.r.o., World Media Partners. "MyWings ČJ/AJ". www.cotmedia.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  22. ^ "Px3 photography competition and award,Prix de la Photographie Paris photo contest". Px3.fr. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  23. ^ "Michal Josephy : AWARDS". Josephy.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  24. ^ "Photography competition Winners| TIFA". tokyofotoawards.jp. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  25. ^ "StreetFoto San Francisco 2017 International Street Photography Awards Contest Finalists – StreetFoto". streetfoto.org. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  26. ^ "Single photograph finalists". London. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  27. ^ "Best of 2012 | ATOD Magazine: A Taste of Dawn". ATOD Magazine: A Taste of Dawn. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  28. ^ "Streetfoto: International Street Photography Festival - Harvey Milk Photo Center". Harvey Milk Photo Center. 2017-05-25. Archived from the original on 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  29. ^ "Programa cultural de dezembro de 2015". Issuu. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  30. ^ "Faculty of Arts, Dept. of Romance Languages, Palacky University".
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