Josef Koudelka: Gypsies

Josef Koudelka: GypsiesThis mini paperback edition of Gypsies makes a foundational body of work by master photographer Josef Koudelka newly accessible. This volume includes all 109 photographs from Koudelka's recent remastering of the Cik ni series (Czech for Gypsies) photographs of Roma society taken between 1962 and 1971 in then Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, France, and Spain. Roma scholar and sociologist Will Guy, who wrote for both the 1975 and 2011 editions,

This mini paperback edition of Gypsies makes a foundational body of work by master photographer Josef Koudelka newly accessible. This volume includes all 109 photographs from Koudelka's recent remastering of the Cik ni series (Czech for Gypsies)--photographs of Roma society taken between 1962 and 1971 in then-Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, France, and Spain. Roma scholar and sociologist Will Guy, who wrote for both the 1975 and 2011 editions, updates his analysis of the condition of the Roma today, including the most recent upheavals in France and Europe. Stuart Alexander, photo historian and newly appointed editor in chief of Delpire diteur, contributes a brief historiography of the evolution of this body of work in book form.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Josef Koudelka, Stuart Alexander (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Will Guy (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
Published: 10/22/2019
Publisher: Aperture
ISBN: 9781597114738
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.00h x 6.40w x 0.90d

About the Author
Koudelka, Josef: - Josef Koudelka has received the Prix Nadar, Grand Prix National de la Photographie, HCB Award, and Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography, New York; Hayward Gallery, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris. A member of Magnum Photos, he is based in Paris and Prague.Alexander, Stuart: - Stuart Alexander is editor in chief at Delpire ?diteur, Paris. He has organized numerous exhibitions and published extensively on the history of photography.Guy, Will: - Will Guy has published widely on issues regarding Roma and is currently a research fellow in sociology at the University of Bristol, UK.