Josef Koudelka
Josef Koudelka was born on January 10, 1938 in Boskovice, Czechoslovakia. He is a Czech photographer. Koudelka graduated from Prague's Technical University with a degree of aeronautical engineering. In 1962, he was largely self-taught and became a photographer at the Divaldo Theatre, Prague. He devoted himself entirely to photography. In 1967, Koudelka decided to give up his career in engineering for full-time work as a photographer. In 1969, he won the Robert Capa Gold Medal and many other significant awards during the 70's through 90's such as the Prix Nadar(1978), a Grand Prix National de la Photographie, etc. The first book that Koudelka published was Gypsies in 1975 and Exiles was his second one in 1988. Since 1986, Koudelka has worked with a panoramic camera and issued a compilation of these photographs in his book. During his lifetime, Koudelka had published more then a dozen books of his work, including most recently in 2006, the retrospective volume Koudelka. Koudelka resides in France and Prague and is continuing his work documenting the European landscape. He also has two daughters and a young son which live in different countries; France, England and Italy.
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