History of Art: History of Photography


	History of Photography Introduction History of Photography (Encyclopaedia Britannica) A World History of Photography (by Naomi Rosenblum) The Story Behind the Pictures 1827-1991 (by Hans-Michael Koetzle) Photographers' Dictionary (based on "20th Century Photography - Museum Ludwig Cologne")


	Photographers' Dictionary (based on "20th Century Photography-Museum Ludwig Cologne")

Koudelka Josef

(b Boskovice, nr Brno, 10 Jan 1938).

Czech photographer of Moravian birth. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Higher Institute of Technology in Prague (1961) and became an engineer of aircraft engines. He began to photograph as an amateur at the age of 14. In 1961, with the encouragement of the photographer and critic Jiri Jenícek (1895–1963), he held his first exhibition, at the popular Prague theatre Semafor. He was also influenced by the theorist Anna Fárová. From 1962 he worked as a photographer for the journal Divadlo and from 1965 for the avant-garde Theatre behind the Gate (Divadlo za Branou), led by the director Otomar Krejca, which enabled him to become professional. In 1965 he was accepted as a member of the Photography Section of the Association of Czech Artists, and in 1967 he left his job as an engineer to dedicate himself to photography.