Josef Koudelka comes to me as a triptych: a photographic
window into lives of Gypsies in Slovakia and Romania, a photographic document
of the crushing invasion of Prague by the military forces of the Warsaw Pact, scion
of the legendary Magnum agency. See a selection of his work at Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful – I wish I was timelier and posted this when the
exhibitions were still on (either at the Art Institute of Chicago or Getty
Center in Los Angeles), but exhibitions have a time limit, Koudelka’s
photographs don’t, no matter where you see them. Although photography pins a
moment in place by its very nature, in the eye and hands of a master the results
live forever to show us what we were not witnessing, and to inspire with the
craft.
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JOSEPH KOUDELKA “GITANS” AND “INVASION 68 PRAGUE” via MAGNUM PHOTOS
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