Josef Koudelka

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Summary: Lacking in content
Review: If English is your language, then this book has 2/3 of useless text for you as it includes other languages. The text in this book is surprisingly lean, take out the other languages and you would have a very thin book indeed. Further, the texts are quite a dull read, except for the interview (which is the most interesting part of this book aside from the photographs), the text reads like someones college report.

The image reproductions are well done, but be aware that there are not a lot of them....

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Summary: GREAT SUMMORY OF THE WORK OF A GREAT TALENT
Review: This is a small size book, yet it gives an overview of the different themes Koudelka worked on. It consists of work from his experience in the theater, from his Gypsies book, from the Prague 1968 events, as well as Exiles and Chaos. In addition, it has interesting writings and interviews with Koudelka. Not often do we here the great Koudelka speak out on how he came to being a photographer and his life in general, his search of a place in this world. Even if you already have his books this one is worth buying. If you are just discovering Koudelka's photography - this is a must to have. I am sure it will soon be a collectors item.