Martin Wágner (born 14 June 1980 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech photographer known for his series of photographs taken in former Soviet Union. In his works made between 1994 and 2012, Wágner focuses mainly on depicting urban and village life in Siberia.Wágner on Czech Photo Gallery website including list of exhibitions and awards
In ten years, he took the Czech Press Photo award for best Czech and Slovak photojournalists four times.Wágner's photographs in Czech Press Photo competition 2011 In 2009, he received 2nd prize in the international FRAME competition.Frame 2009
In 2006, he participated in the documentarist project Prayer for Chernobyl with Czech-American photographer Antonín Kratochvíl and Greenpeace spokesman Václav Vašků.Prayer for Chernobyl homepage
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External links Martin Wágner homepage Czech television report on Wágner's exhibition in Prague Public Czech Radio report on Wágner's photographs from Ukraine and Russia Text about Martin Wágner by Czech historian Aleš Kuneš