Koudelka

[Pieter12]

Could be behind a paywall.

Josef Koudelka Could Locate Beauty Anywhere

His latest show is titled “Industry,” a word that defines not just the subject matter but the artist.

www.newyorker.com

 

[Mark J]

One of the all-time greats.

I just wish we could photograph operating factories these days, but you are automatically regarded as a terrorist.
I remember being closed down by security when trying to photography the ICI factory near Chester over 20 years ago.

 

[Pieter12]

One of the all-time greats.

I just wish we could photograph operating factories these days, but you are automatically regarded as a terrorist.
I remember being closed down by security when trying to photography the ICI factory near Chester over 20 years ago.

It helps if you ask permission first. Or get hired for the job. https://www.markpower.co.uk/photographic-projects/A-380

 

[GregY]

Thank you Pieter. It's a good article. I recently read his biography.... a worthwhile book

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Could be behind a paywall.

Josef Koudelka Could Locate Beauty Anywhere

His latest show is titled “Industry,” a word that defines not just the subject matter but the artist.

www.newyorker.com

Also read this this morning.

“I do what I want. I’m interested in everything. I spend my day looking. And three rolls is the proof I looked.”

Koudelka has the best quotes.

Really wish I could make the trip to NYC to see the photos, but it's only till the end of the month.

 

[koraks]

Really wish I could make the trip to NYC to see the photos

Dito. I hope a show gets put up in my country one of these days. I'd love to see it when/if it does.

 

[MTGseattle]

Thank you for reminding me of yet another photographer I need to learn more about.

If you haven't read anything on the New Yorker online in a while, the paywall doesn't kill the article.

 

[koraks]

If you haven't read anything on the New Yorker online in a while, the paywall doesn't kill the article.

Oh, it did for me, sadly. Maybe because I access from the EU? I've not ready anything from the New Yorker, so that couldn't be it.
I'd have loved to read this, but that's OK; there's plenty of other stuff by and about Koudelka also online.

 

[mcarmo]

There was an exhibition in Lisbon in 2005 called Mirror Mirror. Portugal as seen by MAGNUM Photographers . Josef Koudelka was one of the featured photographers. We have a huge part of the recent history of our people documented and portrayed by Koudelka.
He came in 1970 for the first time, having been briefly arrested by the political police at the time. After the 25th April Revolution he came back again almost yearly during the seventies.
Needless to say I find him an amazing photographer and anywhere you can get to go see his work, it's a MUST.