Josef Koudelka
Czech-French · 1938–
Magnum photographer whose images of the 1968 Prague Spring invasion and Roma communities are among the most powerful documentary works of the 20th century.
Wikipedia ↗“I don't know how to take photographs. I just know how to see.”
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“I was not interested in documenting the invasion. I was interested in the faces of the people.”
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“If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time.”
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“I have a need. A need to photograph. It's not a profession. It's a need.”
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“I photograph only something that has to do with me, and I never photograph anything that I do not feel.”
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