Jaroslav Poncar
Born 1945 in Prague, Jaroslav Poncar, 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 he took for the first time a panoramic camera to the Western Himalayas - the antique Russian FT-2 - and since that time he specialized on panoramic photography. He was the first westerner who crossed Tibet from West to East when it was first open for travel. His best known works are his panoramas of Tibet, the mural paintings of Alchi, Ladakh (India), and in Southeast Asia, the complete reliefs of Angkor Wat.
His first exhibition at Serindia Gallery is Paris in Panorama, from September 17 thru October 31.
All photographs copyright © Jaroslav Poncar
