Michal Josephy

Michal Josephy (VOGUE CS, National Geographic CR)

is an anthropologist, travel journalist and lecturer of science journalism and visual anthropology at Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague.

As a photographer, he focuses on cross - cultural "search of beauty" and everyday life captured by street - photography. He was working for National Geographic CR (he was one of the first photojournalists who covered infamous Scampia, the no - go zone managed by Camorra, long before Gomorrah TV series), and UNICEF Mozambique (calendar, visual background of song Sofrimento by Neyma and headline poster for campaign End Violence by Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, Liam Neeson).



Awards: Gold (Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2014)
Silver (Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2013)
Bronze ( Tokyo Photo Awards, 2016)
Finalist (International Street Photography Awards, San Francisco, London Street Photography Festival] and Photographer of the Year, ATOD Magazine.

Ph.D. in Anthropology, Charles University, Prague

Harvey Milk Photocenter, 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 / Faculty of Arts, Palacký University, Olomouc