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Jaroslav Poncar: Jaroslav Poncar born 1945 in Prague, has lived in Cologne since 1973 where he has been professor at Fachhochschule Köln (University of Applied Sciences Cologne). His photographic projects took him to Africa, Arabia and to Asia, especially to the Himalayas, Tibet, India and Cambodia. In 1976 ...
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1945 born in Prague and grown up in Litomerice in Northern Bohemia.
1962 - 1966 Technical University Prague, faculty of technical and nuclear physics.
1966 - 1971 Technical University Aachen, PhD in theoretical physics After PhD graduation freelance photographer for dpa (German Press Agency) in Africa and Arabia.
1973 professor of optics at the Fachhochschule Köln (University of Applied Sciences Cologne) in the department Photoingenieurwesen (imaging sciences and media technologies) - until 2004. Presently at the institute of applied optics and electronics (AOE).
Specialised in ´land-and-people-photography´, since 1976 panoramic photography. Diverse projects in documentation of cultural monuments in the Himalayas, Tibet and Cambodia in collaboration with museums, universities and other institutions.
1977 - 1987 together with Wolfgang Kohl (cameraman and film producer) documentaries in Yemen, Mali, India, Pakistan and Tibet for the German TV stations
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