Incognito

Incognito by Antonin Kratochvil. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781892041456.

In this, his second book of photographs, Antonin Kratochvil turns his camera away from the human catastrophe and destruction he portrayed in Eastern Europe to reveal another side of modernity - the broad-reaching spectrum of the entertainment industry. Kratochvils unique take on the famous and fashionable is not the candy-coated imagery so prevalent in todays fashion and movie magazines. His work underscores the physical and psychological intensity of the creative men and women who have sat before his camera with images not designed to flatter but rather created to reveal something below the surface. Mostly taken on assignment for Detour, W, GQ, and Premiere, Kratochvils celebrity portraits have never before been assembled in a book. Incognito is the first such compilation. It shows off the photographers expressionistic, gritty, and sometimes dark style that has become a unique signature in the world of editorial and portrait photography.