- Hardcover: 156 pages
- Publisher: Aperture; 2nd Revised edition edition (31 Aug 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0893817546
- ISBN-13: 978-0893817541
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 26.4 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,776,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This collection of pictures by an acknowledged master of photography, now updated to include 11 new images, forms a document of the spiritual and physical state of exile. The sense of private mystery that fills these photographs - mostly taken during Koudelka's many years of wandering through Europe and the United States since leaving his native Czechoslovakia - speaks of passion and reserve, of his "rage to see". The images here interrogate and penetrate, and reflect the nature of alienation. The accompanying essay by Robert Delpire invokes the soul of man in search of a spiritual homeland. Josef Koudelka's photographs of the Warsaw Pact armies' intervention in Prague won him the Robert Capa Gold Medal in 1969. In 1970 he left Czechoslovakia for asylum in England and became a member of Magnum Photos.
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I don't claim to be an expert, but after spending four months studying Koudelka for part of my photography A'level I can safely say that he is the one of the greatest photographers I have I have ever had the pleasure to come across. Up there with the more widely known names such as David Bailey and Ansel Adams, his three books I studied; Gypsies, Chaos and of course, Exiles all demonstrated an instantly obvious talent that is rare to find in some photographers. Every picture different from the last, but each as magical and fantastic as the ones before it and the ones to come. I couldn't name you a few because I would find that too hard a task but also because all his pictures are named after places making it hard to find the correct one among a series taken in the same place at the same time. It's as if his photographs are not about his own social or political views so he doesn't waste time trying to conjure up an artsy-fartsy phrase that best represents the picture. A hard task for a man coming from the politically charged environment of Czechoslovakia in the 1960's. The desolate landscape, the poverty and the sense of community that appears in his books are all there for you to make up your own mind. As he said himself:
" I try to be a photographer, I'm not interested in talking. If I have anything to say perhaps it can be found in my photos. I am not interested in explaining things and saying why and how".
He really demonstrates his genius as a photographer by his ability in taking the most fantastic landscape photos in one year and then in the next year illustrates his gift for being able to capture the humanity and love that strengthens the most outcast of communities. I strongly recommend Exiles to anyone whose interest in photography is new; Koudelka is a worthwhile introduction to the world of photographic art, and also to devote fans of black and white photography; Koudelka has a lot to teach. Look out especially for the men communally urinating against the wall in Exiles and the ghostly body of the dead girl at the funeral in Gypsies. I had the priceless experience of seeing his work up and close and personal in the print room of the V&A. Nothing takes your breath away like an authentic Koudelka print!
" I try to be a photographer, I'm not interested in talking. If I have anything to say perhaps it can be found in my photos. I am not interested in explaining things and saying why and how".
He really demonstrates his genius as a photographer by his ability in taking the most fantastic landscape photos in one year and then in the next year illustrates his gift for being able to capture the humanity and love that strengthens the most outcast of communities. I strongly recommend Exiles to anyone whose interest in photography is new; Koudelka is a worthwhile introduction to the world of photographic art, and also to devote fans of black and white photography; Koudelka has a lot to teach. Look out especially for the men communally urinating against the wall in Exiles and the ghostly body of the dead girl at the funeral in Gypsies. I had the priceless experience of seeing his work up and close and personal in the print room of the V&A. Nothing takes your breath away like an authentic Koudelka print!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Images to look at when you shut off the news
9 April 1999
Format:Hardcover
In the past couple of weeks, with the war in Kosovo, I was reminded of these photographs...seeing the images of the refugees, Albanian Kosovars in exile, day after day on the news is a stunning experience...I'm curious as to how other people process these images, what kind of individuality they attribute to the people that make up the masses in flight....if they have any way of identifying with them or forming true sympathetic feelings. I remember that seeing these photographs by Koudelka was a lesson of sorts in processing this kind of experience that is impossible to imagine in any real way unless you ever find yourself in the middle of it. News photos don't do enough to bring the reality home...Koudelka's photos and poetry fill in the gaps.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A great book by a wonderful photographer
16 July 1999
Format:Hardcover
Koudelka is an amazing photographer! Every young photographer must see these pictures.
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