Jitka Hanzlová
Jitka Hanzlová (born 1958) is a Czech photographer, mostly known for her portraiture. Biography. Hanzlová was born in 1958 in Nachod, Czechoslovakia. She claimed asylum in Germany in 1982 and settled in Essen. She studied photography and communication technology at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. She lives and works in Germany. Work. Hanzlová's first series "Rokytnik", which documents the village inhabitants of the photographer's homeland, was made between 1990 and 1994. Collections. Hanzlová's work is held in the following permanent collections: