Josef Koudelka

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Aperture’s Must-Read Photography Features of 2024

The disruptive force of artificial intelligence, a fresh look at Robert Frank, and a retrospective of Tina Barney—here are this year’s highlights in photography and ideas.

The Inside Story of Josef Koudelka’s Groundbreaking Career

From his legendary coverage of the 1968 invasion of Prague to his reflections on the solitude of exile, Koudelka is renowned for his photographs of pivotal world events. Here, Melissa Harris speaks about working with the photographer on his visual biography.

Revisiting Josef Koudelka’s Photographs of Europe’s Roma Communities

In a new edition of Koudelka’s foundational series, Aperture revisits one of the seminal photobooks of the twentieth century.

Koudelka's Prague, Fifty Years Later

When Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia’s capital in August 1968, Josef Koudelka was one of the first on the scene.

Shooting the Holy Land

In a new documentary, renowned photographer Josef Koudelka turns to a divided landscape.

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Aperture No. 259

Guest edited by Tanisha C. Ford, Liberated Threads explores style and fashion as a language of Black resistance, refusal, and joy. This issue features image-makers who remix and reimagine twentieth-century “soul style,” creating a contemporary dialogue between photographers, filmmakers, and stylists from around the world.

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