Josef Koudelka
Josef Koudelka was born in 1938 in Boskovice, Moravia. He began photographing his family and the surroundings with a 6 x 6 Bakelite camera. He was 14 when he started photography and was introduced by the local banker.he saved up money by selling strawberries to his village. He studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague between 1956 and 1961. He received a Degree in Engineering in 1961. He staged his first photographic exhibition that same year. now he is know for a street photographer and has received numerous awards such as the British Arts Council Grant to cover Gypsy life in Britain UK, also the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation Photography Prize in Sweden, and the Grand Prix Henri Cartier-Bresson in France and so many more. He witnessed and recorded the military forces of the Warsaw Pact as they invaded Prague and crushed the Czech reforms. His photos became international symbols and was published on "The Sunday Times."
Koudelka has published many
books such as Chaos, Exiles, Gypsies and may more, he also has many biographies written about him. Today he is 74 and still continues to take pictures and doing what he loves in Czech Republic and France.
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