Josef Koudelka

Josef Koudelka
Koudelka in Venice, Italy, 1986
Born (1938-01-10) 10 January 1938 (age 86)
Boskovice, Czechoslovakia
CitizenshipCzech
French
OccupationPhotographer
Known forStreet photography

Josef Koudelka (born 10 January 1938) is a Czech-French photographer. He is a member of Magnum Photos[1] and has won awards such as the Prix Nadar (1978), a Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1989), a Grand Prix Henri Cartier-Bresson (1991), and the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography (1992). Exhibitions of his work have been held at the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography, New York; the Hayward Gallery, London; the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.

  1. ^ Smyth, Diane (24 December 2019). "Barriers, barbed wire and borders in the head: Josef Koudelka's Holy Land". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 September 2020.