The definitive and only authorized biography of Josef Koudelkaan intimate portrait of the life and work of one of photographys most renowned and celebrated artists.amp10amp10Throughout his more than sixtyyearlong obsession with the medium Josef Koudelka considers a remarkable range of photographic subjectsamp8212from his early theater work to his seminal project on the Roma and his legendary coverage of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague to the solitariness of exile and the oftendevastating impact humans have had on the landscape. Josef Koudelka Next embraces all of Koudelkaamp8217s projects and his evolution as an artist in the context of his life story and working process. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of almost a decade with Koudelkaamp8212as well as ongoing conversations with his friends family colleagues and collaborators worldwideamp8212this deftly told richly illustrated biography offers an unprecedented glimpse into the mind of this notoriously private photographer. Writer editor and curator Melissa Harris has independently crafted a unique indepth and revelatory personal history of both the man and his photography.amp10Josef Koudelka Next is richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs including many biographical and behindthescenes images from Koudelkaamp8217s life as well as iconic images from his work from the 1950s to the present. The visual presentation is conceived in collaboration with Koudelka himself as well as his longtime collaborator Czech designer Aleamp353 Najbrt.amp10amp10amp10Copublished by Aperture and Magnum Foundationamp10