Aperture's new edition of "Koudelka: Gypsies" rekindles the energy
and astonishment of this foundational body of work by master
photographer Josef Koudelka. Lavishly printed in a unique
quadratone mix by artisanal printer Gerhard Steidl, it offers an
expanded look at "Cikani" (Czech for "gypsies" )--109 photographs
of Roma society taken between 1962 and 1971 in then-Czechoslovakia
(Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia), Romania, Hungary, France and
Spain. The design and edit for this volume revisits the artist's
original intention for the work, and is based on a maquette
originally prepared in 1968 by Koudelka and graphic designer Milan
Kopriva. Koudelka intended to publish the work in Prague, but was
forced to flee Czechoslovakia, landing eventually in Paris. In
1975, Robert Delpire, Aperture and Koudelka collaborated to publish
"Gitans, la fin du voyage" ("Gypsies," in the English-language
edition), a selection of 60 photographs taken in various Roma
settlements around East Slovakia. "Gypsies" includes more than 30
never-before-published images and a new text by Roma scholar and
sociologist Will Guy, who also wrote the essay for the 1975
edition. Guy contributes a new, in-depth analysis of the condition
of the Roma today, including the most recent upheavals in France
and Europe.
Josef Koudelka (born 1938) is the recipient of the Prix Nadar,
Grand Prix National de la Photographie, Grand Prix Cartier-Bresson
and Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. Major
exhibitions of his work have been held at The Museum of Modern Art,
New York and the International Center of Photography, New York;
Hayward Gallery, London; Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam;
and Palais de Tokyo, Paris. In 2007, Aperture published his
bestselling self-titled monograph, and in 2008 released the highly
anticipated "Invasion 68: Prague." Koudelka is a member of Magnum
Photos and is currently based in Paris.
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