Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful

This retrospective catalog features vintage prints as well as recent, unpublished work by internationally acclaimed photographer Josef Koudelka (b. 1938). A leading member of the photo agency Magnum, co-founded by his close friend Henri Cartier-Bresson, Koudelka has been a legend since the publication of his unforgettable eyewitness photographs taken during the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet-led troops in 1968. In addition to Invasion and Exiles, Koudelka’s most ambitious project, Gypsies, is featured with the complete set of twenty-two prints first exhibited in 1967. Koudelka’s impressive imagery is accompanied here by five essays that provide a thorough understanding of and appreciation for this outstanding artist, willfully independent and reclusive despite his renown.

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago; First Edition Collectible edition (July 29, 2014)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300203926
• ISBN-13: 978-0300203929
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 0.5 x 12.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds