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Michal Josephy, Ph.D. (born 1977) is an anthropologist, traveller, humanitarian and street photographer, travel and science journalist and external lecturer at Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague.
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Biography
Michal Josephy is the grandson of Karel Josephy, the Chief executive officer of Tobacco Factory in Tábor, Bohemia. This factory, built during Alexander Seik ´s mayorship, was the largest industrial enterprise in South Bohemian Region (1888 - 1953), one of the largest in Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the division of Tobacco industry where women workers were exclusively employed.[1] He is a patrilinear descent of Anton Josephy, the city and criminal council and Bernart Yozeff, the owner and builder of the oldest surviving and exceptionally valuable inscription of mill establishing in Bohemia which is engraved in sandstone, late renaissance portal (1541)[2].
Career
Anthropologist focused on Anthropology of supermodernity and anthropology of body, beauty and fashion. As an anthropologist, he collaborated with economic historian John Komlos on National Geographic (magazine) project How Czech People Grow. As an anthropologist and photographer he created the project WWWomen aiming at world - wide women´s beauty. He is also the author of several publications of UNICEF Mozambique, visual background of song Sofrimento by Neyma feat.Stewart Sukuma and a headline poster for campaign End Violence by Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, Liam Neeson and campaign Day of the Girl focused on violence against adolescent girls.As a travel journalist and science writer he works for National Geographic CZ and Travel Service in - flight magazine. He also serves as curator of memorial books of Tobacco Factory in Tabor (1874 - 1953).
Awards
As a photographer, he is the winner of "Europe´s biggest and most prestigious photography competition" Prix de la Photographie Paris 2013, People´s Choice Awards and Silver Prize PX3. Bronze Prize at Tokyo Photo Awards 2016 (conflict - editorial), finalist of "Henri Awards" (International Street Photography Awards, San Francisco, USA) and Photographer of the Year, ATOD Magazine. His photographic work was published in PX3 books, and exhibited in galleries like 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 and Faculty of Arts, Palacký University, Olomouc. His selected fine - art photographies are in private collections, mainly in USA and Czech Republic.