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Josef Koudelka

(Czech, born 1938)

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Josef Koudelka

Jarabina, 1963

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Biography

Timeline

1938
Born in Moravia, Czechoslovakia
1956 - 1961
Degree in Engineering, The Technical University of Prague, Czechoslovakia
1961
About the same time that he started his career as an aeronautical engineer in 1961 he also began photographing Gypsies in Czechoslovakia and theater in Prague
1967
He turned full-time to photography
Award by Union of Czechoslovakian Artists, Czechoslovakia
1969
Robert Capa Gold Medal Award, National Press Photographers Association, USA
1970
Left Czechoslovakia for political asylum
1972
British Arts Council Grant to cover Kendal and Southend, UK
1973
British Arts Council Grant to cover Gypsy life in Britain, UK
1974
Member of Magnum Photos

Exhibitions

2003
Teatro del Tempo - Mercati di Traiano, Roma, Italy
2002 - 2003
Rétrospective - Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France; Rétrospective - Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico
2002
Josef Koudelka : Fotograf - National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1999 - 2001
Chaos - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy; Cantieri Culturali della Zisa, Palermo, Italy; Palazzo Marino alla Scala, Milano Italy; The Snellman Hall, Helsinki, Finland; sala de exposiciones de Plaza de Espana, Madrid, Spain
1998
Reconnaissance: Wales - National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, UK
1995 - 1997
Periplanissis : following Ulysses' Gaze - Mylos, Thessaloniki, Greece; Zapeion, Athens, Greece; Centre culturel Una Volta, Bastia, France; ville de Rodez, France; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan; Museo di Storia della Fotografia, Fratelli Alinari, Firenze, Italy
1994
Cerny trojuhelnik - Podkrusnohori : Fotografie 1990 -1994 (Black Triangle) - Salmovsky Palac, Prague,Czech Republic
1990
Josef Koudelka z Fotografickécho Dila 1958-1990 - Umeleckoprumyslové, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1989
Josef Koudelka, Mission Transmanche - galerie de l'ancienne poste, Calais, France
1988 - 1989
Josef Koudelka, Centre National de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; International Center of Photography, New York, USA; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; IVAM, Valencia, Spain

Literature

2006
Koudelka, Delpire, France; Contrasto, Italy; Aperture, USA; Thames & Hudson, UK; Braus, Germany; Lunwerg, Spain; Fototorst, Czech Republic
Koudelka: Camargue, Actes Sud, France
2004
L'épreuve totalitaire (essay by Jean-Pierre Montier), Delpire, France
2003
Théâtre du Temps, Actes Sud, France; (Teatro del Tempo), Peliti Associati, Italy; Apeiron, Greece
2001
Lime Stone, La Martinière, France
1999
Chaos, Nathan/Delpire, France; Phaidon Press, UK; Federico Motta Editore, Italy
1998
Reconnaissance Wales, Ffotogallery/ National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, UK
1994
Cerný Trojuhelník - Podkrušnohorí : Fotografie 1990-1994 (The Black Triangle: The Foothills of the Ore Mountain) Vesmir, Czech Republic
Josef Koudelka: Fotografie Divadlo za branou 1965-1970, Divadlo za Branou II, Josef Koudelka: Fotografie Divadlo za branou 1965-1970, Divadlo za Branou II,
1993
Josef Koudelka, Hasselblad Center, Sweden
English (US)

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