Research: Josef Koudelka (WK1)

Northern Greece, 1994. 260x83

 CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 1968. Prague. Invasion of Warsaw Pact troops in front of the Radio Headquarters.

Josef Koudelka has both sharp and soft photographs as seen above. There is great emphasis on social and culture in his photographs as well as death. Koudelka spent time photographing gypsy culture in Slovakia and Romania; which was later put on show. Koudleka is known for being able to show human presence in his 'wasteland-like' photographs, with a running theme of desolation, despair and alienation in many of his works. In the first image, it is possible that the artist used a slower shutter to get the desired amount of mist in the image. For the second I suspect he used a faster one, to get everything sharp, but also so his model did not have to hold his hand out as long.