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Josef Koudelka was born in Moravia in 1938. Trained as an aeronautical engineer, he devoted himself entirely to photography in the late 1960s. In 1968, he covered the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops and published his photographs under the pseudonym PP (Prague Photographer). Shortly afterwards, he was anonymously awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal by the Overseas Press Club for these images. Forty years later, an expanded collection of these photographs, accompanied by first-hand texts, was published under the title "Invasion 68: Prague." In 1970, Koudelka left Czechoslovakia, became stateless, obtained political asylum in England, and shortly thereafter joined the Magnum Photos agency. In 1975, the first edition of his book Gypsies was published (a revised and expanded edition was published in 2011). The book Exiles was published in 1988. Koudelka has published numerous books of photographs exploring the relationship between contemporary man and the landscape, including Black Triangle (1994), Chaos (1999), and Lime (2012). His work has been featured in major exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography in New York, the Hayward Gallery in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Koudelka has received prestigious awards, such as the Prix Nadar (1978), the Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1989), the Grand Prix Cartier-Bresson (1991), the Hasselblad Foundation International Award (1992), and the Medal of Merit of the Czech Republic (2002). In 2012, he was named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. He lives and works between Paris and Prague.
Contrasto Books, 2013
40 pages
11.5 × 8.7 inches
ISBN 9788869654879
Josef Koudelka was born in Moravia in 1938. Trained as an aeronautical engineer, he devoted himself entirely to photography in the late 1960s. In 1968, he covered the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops and published his photographs under the pseudonym PP (Prague Photographer). Shortly afterwards, he was anonymously awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal by the Overseas Press Club for these images. Forty years later, an expanded collection of these photographs, accompanied by first-hand texts, was published under the title "Invasion 68: Prague." In 1970, Koudelka left Czechoslovakia, became stateless, obtained political asylum in England, and shortly thereafter joined the Magnum Photos agency. In 1975, the first edition of his book Gypsies was published (a revised and expanded edition was published in 2011). The book Exiles was published in 1988. Koudelka has published numerous books of photographs exploring the relationship between contemporary man and the landscape, including Black Triangle (1994), Chaos (1999), and Lime (2012). His work has been featured in major exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography in New York, the Hayward Gallery in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Koudelka has received prestigious awards, such as the Prix Nadar (1978), the Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1989), the Grand Prix Cartier-Bresson (1991), the Hasselblad Foundation International Award (1992), and the Medal of Merit of the Czech Republic (2002). In 2012, he was named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. He lives and works between Paris and Prague.
Contrasto Books, 2013
40 pages
11.5 × 8.7 inches
ISBN 9788869654879
