Helena Wilsonová (née Pospíšilová; 15 August 1937 – 14 August 2019) was a Czech photographer.
BIography
Pospíšilová was born in the village of
Návarov. After her family estate was confiscated by the state in 1948 (see
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
In late February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with Soviet backing, assumed undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia. It marked the onset of four decades of the party's rule in the country., sk, Február 1948) or ...
), they moved to
Prague, where she worked for the
Academy of Sciences and also published her works in the ''Umění a řemesla'' magazine. In 1972, she married Canadian translator
Paul Wilson. When Wilson was expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1977, they moved to Canada together.
She continued working as a photographer for art magazines, galleries and catalogues. One of her best-known works is a cycle of photographs taken in Cuba in 1995, later exhibited under the title ''The Faces of Havana''. In 2011, a major exhibition of her photographs took place in Prague's
Libri Prohibiti
Libri Prohibiti is a nonprofit, private, independent, archival research library located in Prague, Czech Republic that collects samizdat and exile literature. The organization is maintained and run by Jiří Gruntorád and includes more than 29,20 ...
.
She died in
Toronto a day before her 82nd birthday.
References
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1937 births
2019 deaths
Czech women photographers
People from Jablonec nad Nisou District