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• Born January 10th 1938 in the Czech Republic

• Currently still alive today at 79 years old

• Had a hobby for photography as a teenager

• Got his education from Czech Technical University in Prague 

• First perused engineering while still sticking with his hobby of photography

• At first started capturing images of the Roma Gypsies and became drawn to the culture

• Abandoned his engineering career and became a full time photographer

• The Roma influenced his work at first through their culture

• Soviet Invasion, Warsaw Pact

• Then became known for capturing street and candid photography

• Czech/French photographer

• Mainly captured his work between the 1960s-1980s

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Historical Connections:

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• Street photography was not as common during this era and him along with a few other artists were pioneers for it and started it

• Contributed by making the idea of candid photography more known

• The Roma shaped him in becoming the photographer he is

• This helped shape him to become more of a candid photographer 

• Was friends with French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson who shared the same photography style 

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Citations:

https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/josef-koudelka/

https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535C7T

http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Josef-Koudelka.html

https://www.pinterest.com/onuruzman1/josef-koudelka/

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