Kiichi Asano (estate)
Dmitri Baltermants
Geraldo de Barros (estate)
Robert Bergman
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Philippe Chancel
Lottie Davies
Frauke Eigen
Alex Franck
Martine Franck
Julia Fullerton-Batten
Beate Gutschow
Paul Hart
Hana Jakrlova
Cuny Janssen
Chris Killip

Karen Knorr
Josef Koudelka
Zofia Kulik
Marketa Luskacova
Katarzyna Mirczak
Ina Otzko
Norman Parkinson (estate)
Willy Rizzo
Enzo Sellerio
Graham Smith
Eva Stenram
Jindrich Streit
Antanas Sutkus
Dr. Janos Szasz
Al Vandenberg
Rimaldas Viksraitis
Josef Koudelka, Tchecoslovaquie, 1968
       
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
         
 
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JOSEF KOUDELKA
 
     
  1938  
Born in Boskovice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia.
     
When he is fourteen begins to take photographs of family and friends.
  1956-61
Attends the Technical University of Prague and acquires and old Rolleiflex.
     
Meets the photographer and critic Jiri Jenicek who encourages him to hold his first exhibition at the Semafor theatre in Prague.
  1961  
Travels abroad for the first time, visiting Italy.
     
Begins to take an interest in the life of the gypsies. Photographs the gypsies in Czechoslovakia until he left the country in 1970.
     
Started working for 'Divadlo', theatre magazine.
  1961-67
Works as an aeronautical engineer on Prague and Bratislava.
  1965  
-At the invitation of Otamar Kreica the director of the 'Divadlo za Branou' theatre he begins photographing performances there.
     
Develops an original approach to theatre photography.
  1966  
Publishes book on the 'Divadlo Na Zabradi theatre's production of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi.
  1967  
Receives the Union of Czechoslovakian Artists' annual award for the innovative quality if his theatre photography.
     
Gives up his position as an engineer to devote himself to photography.
  1968  
Photographs Gypsies in Romania.
     
Photographs the Warsaw Pact armies intervention in Prague.
  1970  
Leaves Czechoslavakia. Granted asylum in England.
     
Since 1970 continuously photographed gypsies, religious and popular festivals and everyday life in various European countries.
  1971  
Becomes a member of the world renowned photo agency, 'Magnum'.
  1973  
Photography award from the Arts Council of Great Britain to photograph gypsies in England.
  1975  
One man show at 'Museum of Modern Art' New York.
     
Robert Delpire edits his photographs of gypsies.
  1976  
Receives major photography bursary from the Arts Council of Great Britain to work in the British Isles.
  1980  
Awarded a grant by National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC.