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In 1984 he moved to Prague. He worked in film and theatre and continued to do photography. Moreover, he cooperated with a variety of Czech periodicals. Jan Josef has created portraits and documentary photographs of well known figures in Czech politics and culture. In 2000, he photographed Helena Vondrackova at her concert in New York. He was the only photographer from the Czech Republic who singer, Lucie Bila, invited to her concert at the Hotel Konrad in Brussels. Currently, he has a studio in Vysehrad. Jewish symbolism also plays an important role in his work. Jan Josef Horvath has held numerous expositions. - With Eyes, Heart and Word in 2000 in the Cultural Centre Postovka in Prague 5. - National Minorities at the YMCA in Prague. - Old Age on the Threshold of the 3rd Millennium: a touring exposition that captures the lives of seniors in homes and care facilities for the chronically ill. - Like Centuries Ago, the Roma Today: ran from the 23rd of June 2004 in Manes Restaurant, Massarykovo nabrezi 250, Praha 1. The exposition was made up of over fifty black and white photographs illustrating the lives of the Roma in Slovakia in Vranov nad Toplou, Sol and Madzurovce. The photos were taken in 2004, shortly after the looting incidents in eastern Slovakia, where Jan Josef Horvath, set out with humanitarian aid put together by Roma organizations in the Czech Republic. The sponsor of the exposition is Romodrom and the Dzeno association.
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