Jiri Jiru's Biograpical note
Jiri Jiru
Jiri Jiru settled in Brussels after fleeing Prague as a political refugee 29 years ago. He developed an international reputation as a freelance news photographer. He contributed to such major journals as Time, Newsweek, Business Week, People, Fortune, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune...in addition to many local and national publications in Belgium and Europe.He is now working as a freelance photographer, with bases in both Prague and Brussels.
Born in Prague
| 1961-1965 | Secondary School of Mechanical Engineering. |
| 1966-1968 | Assisted his uncle Vaclav Jiru in publishing the four-language quarterly magazine "Fotografie", cooperated with the following weeklies: "Svet" v obrazech", "Svet sovetu", "Literarni noviny", "Kvety", etc. |
| 1968 | 20 August - Left for Belgium. |
| 1969-1970 | Studied at the film Faculty INSAS, Brussels (Prof. Andre Delvaux). |
| 1971-1993 | Free-lance photographer worked for ITT, Pepsi Cola, 3M, Knorr, Ford, Dubai Petroleum Company,Swift and the following newspapers and magazines: Telegraph Magazine, The Times, Paris Match, International Herald Tribune, Life, Sport Illustrated, Avenue, Art News, Discover, Fortune, Black Star, National Geographic. Has long term contracts with Business Week, The New York Times, People, Time. |
| 1993 | Returned to Prague to become Czech President Vaclav Havel's photographer. |
| 2006 | Opened in Prague his PhotoMuseum. |
