Josef Koudelka Books

The powerful imagery captures the essence of exile, reflecting the artist's own experiences as a wanderer since leaving Czechoslovakia in 1968. This newly revised edition features ten additional photographs and commentary by Robert Delpire, deepening the exploration of themes such as alienation, disconnection, and love. Koudelka's work evokes a sense of mystery and emotional depth, resonating with the challenges of migration and transience that remain relevant today. The collection serves as a poignant document of the human condition in the face of displacement.

."..109 photographs taken between 1962 and 1971 in what was, at the time, Czechoslovakia (Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia), Romania, Hungary, France, and Spain"--Front jacket flap.

When he arrived in Paris, Koudelka had already produced two outstanding works of reportage. One documented the Prague Spring, while the other, on gypsies, could almost have been an ethnological study had its images not been charged with so much emotion. Unknown in 1970, he rose to become one of the most powerful photographers of his day.This book shows that in the lands of exile through which he travels with his amazing urge to see, Koudelkas own particular talent has been affirmed and expanded.

A collection of dramatic panoramic landscapes by a leading Magnum photographer.

Available again with 10 new images, this remains one of the most powerful documents of the spiritual and physical state of exile ever published. The sense of mystery that fills these photographs – mostly taken during Koudelka’s years of wandering through Europe and the United States since leaving his native Czechoslovakia – speaks of passion and…

Published on the occasion of the legendary Czech photographer's eightieth birthday, Josef Returning offers a comprehensive look at Koudelka's life and work, featuring all of the series for which he has become so well known, among them Beginnings , Experiments , Theatre , Gypsies , Invasion 68 , Exiles and Panorama . Besides Koudelka's photographs, many of which have become canonical works of postwar photography, the book is notable for its inclusion of unique archival material, such as excerpts from his diaries, contact prints, examples of book or magazine mockups from 1969 in preparation for the Invasion 68 series, and photographs of friends, as well as other images from his personal life. The book was conceived and edited by Koudelka himself, making this volume an exceptional publication.

This collection of pictures by an acknowledged master of photography, now updated to include 11 new images, forms a document of the spiritual and physical state of exile. The sense of private mystery that fills these photographs - mostly taken during Koudelka's many years of wandering through Europe and the United States since leaving his native Czechoslovakia - speaks of passion and reserve, of his rage to see. The images here interrogate and penetrate, and reflect the nature of alienation.