Josef Koudelka was born in 1938 in Boskovice, Moravia In 1961, he earned a degree from the Czech Technical University in Prague (CVUT). Later he worked as an aeronautical engineer in Prague and Bratislava.
His pictures of the events became dramatic international symbols. In 1969 the "anonymous Czech photographer" was awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal for photographs requiring exceptional courage.
In 1971 joined Magnum Photos and stayed for more than a decade.
He has won significant awards such as the Prix Nadar (1978), a Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1989), a Grand Prix Cartier-Bresson (1991), and the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography (1992). Significant exhibitions of his work have been held at the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography, New York; the Hayward Gallery, London; the Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam; and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
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