{"product_id":"josef-koudelka-diaries-josef-koudelka-paperback","title":"Josef Koudelka: Diaries -- Josef Koudelka, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA rare glimpse into the mind and artistic process of one of the world's greatest photographers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistilled from sixty-nine journals kept over the course of fifty-plus years, \u003ci\u003eJosef Koudelka: Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e offers a look inside the mind and artistic process of the iconoclastic Czech photographer renowned for a life in exile and legendary projects on the Roma, the 1968 Soviet-led invasion in Prague, and the devastating impact humans have on the landscape. Facsimile pages from the diaries, along with images by the photographer, including self-portraits, lend the volume an immediacy and authenticity. As curator Tomás Pospěch writes, \"Koudelka's diaries are a 'cookbook' of classic photography. He associated with the most renowned photographers. His notes sum up his rich experience, including with the now-vanishing technology of analog black-and-white photography. His remarks, quips, and stories reappear, just as he repeatedly made resolutions, affirmed the rules he had adopted, and recalled earlier events and dreams.\" \u003ci\u003eDiaries\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect companion to \u003ci\u003eJosef Koudelka: Next\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), the visual biography by Melissa Harris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Josef Koudelka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aperture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.81 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\" H x 6.1\" L x 1.3\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781597115933\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66915393012016,"sku":"9781597115933","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781597115933.jpg?v=1780934577","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/josef-koudelka-diaries-josef-koudelka-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}