Josef Koudelka Livres

"Quand il est arrivé à Paris, Koudelka avait déjà réalisé deux reportages de première importance. L'un montrait le Printemps de Prague; On aurait pu qualifier l'autre d'ethnologique si ses images de Gitans n'avaient été aussi chargées d'émotion. Inconnu en 1970, il était déjà l'un des photographes les plus puissants de son temps. Ce livre prouve que dans ces terres d'exil qu'il parcourt avec la rage de voir qui est la sienne, le talent si particulier de Koudelka, s'est affirmé, épanoui.

A feuilleter les images que Koudelka a produites ces dernières années, dans ces terres d'exil qu'il parcourt avec la rage de voir qui le carectérise, il devient évident que Koudela n'est ni reporter, ni sociologue. Il est simplement un photographe.

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.

Présente des oeuvres issues de l'utilisation d'un nouveau format : le 6 x 18 ou format panoramique, que le photographe a découvert dans les années 1980. Koudelka, nomade légendaire, bâtisseur au long cours, cherche une architecture idéale où composition, teinte, demi-teinte, proportion tissent l'incessant questionnement d'une juste mise en perspective de l'état du monde.

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.