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Regarding *Exiles*, Cornell Capa wrote: “Koudelka’s unsentimental, austere, melancholic, and intensely human images reflect his own spirit—the very essence of an exile who feels at home wherever his wandering body finds refuge in the night. "Koudelka’s work once again serves as a powerful document of the spiritual and physical state of exile. The sense of intimate mystery that permeates these photographs—most of which were taken during Koudelka’s many years of wandering across Europe since he left his native Czechoslovakia in 1968—bears witness to his passion and his reserve, to his rage to see. Solitary, moving, deeply felt, and strangely unsettling, the images in Exiles suggest alienation, disconnection, and love. Exiles, edited and sequenced by Koudelka and Robert Delpire, evokes some of the most captivating and unsettling themes of the 20th century, while resonating with equal force in today’s context of profound migration and transience.
“Being in exile simply means having left your country and not being able to return. Every exile is a different and personal experience. For my part, I wanted to see the world and photograph it. I’ve been traveling for forty-five years. I’ve never stayed in one place for more than three months. When I had nothing left to photograph, it was time to leave,”
- Josef Koudelka in an interview published in *Le Monde* in 2015.
Published by Centre National de la Photographie, 1988
65 pages,
26 x 28 cm
ISBN: 2-86754-044-5
Regarding *Exiles*, Cornell Capa wrote: “Koudelka’s unsentimental, austere, melancholic, and intensely human images reflect his own spirit—the very essence of an exile who feels at home wherever his wandering body finds refuge in the night. "Koudelka’s work once again serves as a powerful document of the spiritual and physical state of exile. The sense of intimate mystery that permeates these photographs—most of which were taken during Koudelka’s many years of wandering across Europe since he left his native Czechoslovakia in 1968—bears witness to his passion and his reserve, to his rage to see. Solitary, moving, deeply felt, and strangely unsettling, the images in Exiles suggest alienation, disconnection, and love. Exiles, edited and sequenced by Koudelka and Robert Delpire, evokes some of the most captivating and unsettling themes of the 20th century, while resonating with equal force in today’s context of profound migration and transience.
“Being in exile simply means having left your country and not being able to return. Every exile is a different and personal experience. For my part, I wanted to see the world and photograph it. I’ve been traveling for forty-five years. I’ve never stayed in one place for more than three months. When I had nothing left to photograph, it was time to leave,”
- Josef Koudelka in an interview published in *Le Monde* in 2015.
Published by Centre National de la Photographie, 1988
65 pages,
26 x 28 cm
ISBN: 2-86754-044-5
