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Josef Koudelka is a Czech-French photographer whose images of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Prague won a Robert Capa Gold Medal.
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What did Josef Koudelka photograph during the 1968 Prague invasion?
Koudelka photographed the Warsaw Pact invasion of Prague in August 1968. The images showed tanks, crowds, street resistance, and the shock of occupation in Czechoslovakia.
Why were Koudelka's Prague invasion photos first published anonymously?
They were credited to "P.P.," meaning Prague Photographer, to protect Koudelka and his family from reprisals. The work received the Robert Capa Gold Medal, and Koudelka's authorship became public later.
What is Koudelka's Gypsies project?
Gypsies, published in book form in the 1970s, documents Roma communities in Eastern Europe. The photographs are stark, intimate, and shaped by Koudelka's long-term work before and around his exile from Czechoslovakia.
What is Exiles by Josef Koudelka?
Exiles is Koudelka's 1988 book about displacement, wandering, and life outside a fixed home. It reflects his own experience after leaving Czechoslovakia in 1970 and eventually becoming associated with Magnum Photos.
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