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PETR JOSEK photographer Reuters, Czech Republic) - jury 2011
Born in Brno, Czech Republic. He arrived at the photographic profession through various jobs – camera, film and television production assistant, lab technician and a photo reporter for the Czech Press Agency CTK. Reuters photographer since 1990 when he photographed the dramatic events in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, the Baltic states, Albania, the two coups in Russia and life in Iraq immediately after the downfall of the Saddam regime. He is a recipient of several journalistic awards, among them for his famous Photograph of the Year from the Czech Press Photo competition in 1997.
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