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Josef Koudelka

1938 - Today

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Josef Koudelka (born 10 January 1938) is a Czech-French photographer. He is a member of Magnum Photos and has won awards such as the Prix Nadar (1978), a Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1989), a Grand Prix Henri Cartier-Bresson (1991), and the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography (1992). 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 Amsterdam; and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Koudelka is the 23rd most popular photographer (down from 22nd in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 177th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Josef Koudelka ranks 23 out of 148. Before him are Yousuf Karsh, Nobuyoshi Araki, Elliott Erwitt, Gunter Sachs, Diane Arbus, and Alfred Stieglitz. After him are Richard Avedon, August Sander, Irving Penn, André Kertész, Carl Van Vechten, and Nan Goldin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Josef Koudelka ranks 121. Before him are Jack Jones, Radivoj Korać, John du Pont, John Kufuor, Jesús María Pereda, and Enrico Macias. After him are Jerry West, Morihiro Hosokawa, Tereza Kesovija, Tom Regan, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and Fred Stolle.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Koudelka ranks 204 out of 1,200. Before him are Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619), Ignaz Moscheles (1794), Guido Adler (1855), Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751), John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322), and Zdeněk Fibich (1850). After him are Jindřich Matyáš Thurn (1567), Jaroslav Drobný (1921), Martin of Opava (1300), Vilém Flusser (1920), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), and Jiří Trnka (1912).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Czechia

Among photographers born in Czechia, Josef Koudelka ranks 1. After him are Jan Saudek (1935), Josef Sudek (1896), and František Drtikol (1883).

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