Jiri Jiru's Biograpical note


Jiri Jiru settled in Brussels after fleeing Prague as a political refugee 29 years ago. He developed an international reputation as a freelance news photographer. He contributed to such major journals as Time, Newsweek, Business Week, People, Fortune, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune...in addition to many local and national publications in Belgium and Europe.He is now working as a freelance photographer, with bases in both Prague and Brussels.




Jiri Jiru

Born in Prague.

1961-1965 Secondary School of Mechanical Engineering.
1966-1968 Assisted his uncle Vaclav Jiru in publishing the four-language quarterly magazine "Fotografie", cooperated with the following weeklies: "Svet" v obrazech", "Svet sovetu", "Literarni noviny", "Kvety", etc.
1968 20 August - Left for Belgium.
1969-1970 Studied at the film Faculty INSAS, Brussels (Prof. Andre Delvaux).
1971-1993 Free-lance photographer worked for ITT, Pepsi Cola, 3M, Knorr, Ford, Dubai Petroleum Company,Swift and the following newspapers and magazines: Telegraph Magazine, The Times, Paris Match, International Herald Tribune, Life, Sport Illustrated, Avenue, Art News, Discover, Fortune, Black Star, National Geographic. Has long term contracts with Business Week, The New York Times, People, Time.
1993Returned to Prague to become Czech President Vaclav Havel's photographer.
2006Opened in Prague his PhotoMuseum.

Individual exhibitions.

1986
1987
1989
1991
1997
1998
1999
2006
"Oil and money at the Persian Gulf", Brussels.
"Montreux Rock Stars Festival", Brussels.
"Photostroika", Lucerne.
"Poetry of Totalitarian Regime", Prague
"Five Years at the castle", Amsterdam, Strasbourg, Leipzig
"President HAVEL", Warwick, Brussels, Paris
"HAVEL", Prague
"PhotoMuseum, Prague

Books.

1990
1998
2006
"Photostroika", U.Baar Verlag, Zurich.
VACLAV HAVEL.
Black and white photography - Vaclav Jiru / Jiri Jiru

Contacts :

  • Jiri Jiru in Prague :
  • Jiri Jiru in Brussels :
  • E-mail address :
(Mobil.) +420-602 373 764 - (Tel.) +420-2-493 70 64
+32-2-648 77 23
jirijiru@volny.cz