Born 1958 in Nachod, Czechoslovakia, currently resident in Essen, Germany. Studied photography at Essen University and has since worked as a photographer for her own project. Awarded the Otto Steinert Photography Prize in 1993 and European Photography Prize in 1995. And shortlisted for The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 2000 and 2003. Hanzlova's work on "" depicting the small Czech village where she grew up and her portraits of women in various countries in "Female" have won her acclaim in Europe and America. The most recent project she works out in the last 5 years is titled "Forest".
While taking as their subject matter commonplace scenery and regular people of no distinction, her photographs make a vivid impression on the viewer. This is because her vivacious sensibility captures the true richness present in a plain, ordinary day- its soft natural light, its pleasant stillness, its gentle flow of time-and the realities of life and death deeply involved in our daily pursuits.

Selected Biography
Solo Exhibitions
2001	"" Stedelijk Museum / Amsterdam, The Netherlands "" Fotomuseum Winterthur / Winterthur, Switzerland
2000	"" Deichtorhallen Hamburg / Hamburg, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2004	"secrets of the ‘90s" Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem / Arnhem,The Netherlands
2002	"Fusion Cuisine" Deste Fondation / Athens, Greece
2001	"Instant city" Centro per L’arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci/ Prato, Italy
Publications
2000	『FEMALE』Schirmer/Mosel / , Deichtorhallen / Hamburg
1997	『』 Museum / Hardenberg
1996	『bewohner』Frankfurter Kunstverein / Frankfurt (with the grant of DG BANK Frankfurt 1995)