Jan Hnizdo
Jan Hnizdo
Czech, born 1945
Jan Hnizdo, the owner and operator of the Polaroid 20x24, was born in 1945 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and was taught photography by his father. He studied architecture at the University of Prague and went on to work as an architect and photographer in the city.
In 1982, Hnizdo emigrated to Germany, where he was employed by Polaroid as a curator of the International Polaroid Collection, moving on to become a Polaroid 20x24 photographer a year later. In 1993, he went freelance and opened a 20x24 studio in Prague. Since then, Hnizdo has taken his Polaroid camera all over Europe. Apart from being part of the team who photographed Arsène Wenger and his squad, he has been involved in several shoots for the Opus collection, including Formula One drivers and past champions and the Manchester United and Celtic squads.
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