Michal Novotny

Michal Novotny (born 1973) is based in Prague, Czech Republic and his career began at the age of eighteen when he hitchhiked to the war zone in the former Yugoslavia. Since this time he has covered major international events and feature stories in more than fifty countries usually under contract with the national daily newspaper Lidove noviny. He has received many national and international awards in several competitions including World Press Photo, Best of Photojournalism and Czech Press Photo. He regularly works on assignment for major international newspapers and magazines. His work has been published in Stern, Vanity Fair, GEO, The New York Times, Focus, L’Expres, L’Equipe and El Mundo magazines among others.