Great Black and White Photographers PART 2
Josef Koudelka was born in 1938 in Boskovice , Moravia. He is best known for his street photography. Koudelka was highly influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Koudelka studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CVUT) between 1956 and 1961, he got his degree in engineering in 1961. He also staged his first photographic exposition that same year.He began taking commissions from theatre magazines, and regularly
photographed stage productions at Prague's Theatre Behind the Gate on a Rolleiflex camera. In 1967, Koudelka decided to give up his career in engineering for full-time work as a photographer.hi first project after he gave up engineering was taking photos of gypsies in Romania. Two days afer he returned the soviets invaded in August 1968. His pictures of the events became dramatic international symbols. In 1969 the "anonymous Czech photographer" was awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal for photographs requiring exceptional courage. With Magnum to recommend him to the British authorities, Koudelka applied for a three-month working visa and fled to England in 1970, where he applied for political asylum and stayed for more than a decade. In 1971 he joined Magnum Photos. A nomad at heart, he continued to wander around Europe with his camera and almost nothing else. He published his first book in 1999 called chaos. He now has over one dozen books published. His most recent being in 2006 the retrospective volume Koudelka. He then produced Black Triangle, documenting his country's wasted landscape. he also has two daughters and one son
Josef Koudelka was born in 1938 in Boskovice , Moravia. He is best known for his street photography. Koudelka was highly influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Koudelka studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CVUT) between 1956 and 1961, he got his degree in engineering in 1961. He also staged his first photographic exposition that same year.He began taking commissions from theatre magazines, and regularly
photographed stage productions at Prague's Theatre Behind the Gate on a Rolleiflex camera. In 1967, Koudelka decided to give up his career in engineering for full-time work as a photographer.hi first project after he gave up engineering was taking photos of gypsies in Romania. Two days afer he returned the soviets invaded in August 1968. His pictures of the events became dramatic international symbols. In 1969 the "anonymous Czech photographer" was awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal for photographs requiring exceptional courage. With Magnum to recommend him to the British authorities, Koudelka applied for a three-month working visa and fled to England in 1970, where he applied for political asylum and stayed for more than a decade. In 1971 he joined Magnum Photos. A nomad at heart, he continued to wander around Europe with his camera and almost nothing else. He published his first book in 1999 called chaos. He now has over one dozen books published. His most recent being in 2006 the retrospective volume Koudelka. He then produced Black Triangle, documenting his country's wasted landscape. he also has two daughters and one son 
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