Ignác Šechtl [SEP] date of death
Ignác Šechtl
Ignác Šechtl (26 May 1840 – 6 July 1911), also known as Ignace Schächtl or Hynek Šechtl, was a pioneer of Czech photography (especially photojournalism) and cinematography. He moved from Prague, to Kladno, Plzeň, Bucharest, Prachatice and Nepomuk, and finally to Tábor, where he established the photographic firm Šechtl and Voseček, which survived for three generations.
Biography.
Ignác Šechtl was born in Prague, on 26 May 1840, into the family of a miller. His father intended
Josef Jindřich Šechtl
Josef Jindřich Šechtl (May 9, 1877 – February 24, 1954) was a Czech photographer who specialized in photojournalism and portrait photography. On the death of his father, photographer Ignác Šechtl, Josef inherited the photographic studios of Šechtl & Voseček.
Early years.
Josef Jindřich Šechtl was born in Tábor, South Bohemia, on May 9, 1877, as the second of three children. His father, Ignác Šechtl, had opened his photographic studio in Tábor in 1876, and thus Josef Jindřich