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Romania photography by Joseph Koudelka – Paris Exhibition

November 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Art Exhibitions, Diaspora, PEOPLE

Romania (1968) Joseph Koudelka Paris Exhibition (courtesy Eric Franck Fine Arts London

Josef Koudelka Photography  – Paris Exhibition

Romania photography by Joseph Koudelka – Paris Exhibition,  Caroussel du Louvre, courtesy of Eric Franck Fine Arts, London EC1.

After a degree in engineering from the Technical University in Prague, Josef Koudelka (b. 1938, Boskovice, Maravia) obtained a Rolleiflex camera and began photographing stage productions for theatre magazines. After leaving the theatre, he began documenting gypsy life in Romania, Slovakia and Western Europe. In 1968, Koudelka photographed the Soviet invasion of Prague and the Czech resistance efforts. In 1969 he was anonymously awarded the Overseas Press Club’s Robert Capa Gold Medal for these photographs, only publicly acknowledging authorship following the death of his father in 1985.

Koudleka gained political asylum in England in 1970, joining Magnum Photos Agency in 1971 and continuing to travel around Europe and photograph its landscape.

For a full selection of available photographs by Josef Koudelka, please contact Eric Franck Fine Art.

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