histoire fabuleuse coincidences retrospective

books:

2 reviews
Josef Koudelka, Robert Delpire

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1997

Images to look at when you shut off the news
In the past couple of weeks, with the war in Kosovo, I was reminded of these photographs...seeing the images of the refugees, Albanian Kosovars in exile, day after day on the news is a stunning experience...I'm curious as to how other people process these images, what kind of individuality they attribute to the people that make up the masses in flight....if they have any way of identifying ...

Chaos

6 reviews
Robert Delpire

Phaidon Press, 2008

Rich images
I consider Koudelka to be one of the finest photographers to come out of Prague. This book is handsome. The images are beautifully reproduced and the camera format seductive. If you appreciate textures and rich blacks, this edition will please you. The graphic art direction is smart and intelligent - a photo art book for the fine art collector.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, the Image & the World: A Retrospective

14 reviews
Philippe Arbaizar, Jean Clair, ...

Thames & Hudson, 2003

A must if HCB is your cup of tea!
I put off buying this book as long as I could and eventually I did, having in the meantime manhandled book store copies. It is difficult to get too much HCB and this offers a lot in one package. I take minor exception to HCB as elevating photography to art -- he is more often described as someone who turned his hobby into an art form, albeit it was a hobby informed by artisitic sensibility. ...

Sarah Moon: Coincidences

7 reviews
Sarah Moon, Robert Delpire

Arena Editions, 2001

Comments...
Hmmm... "too much technique"... very interesting, this reminds me of the reaction of the art world to the inclusion of photography as an art form back about 40 years ago.. "not enough technique"... But, now we have an artist, using photo graphic images she has taken, and manipulating them in the most incredible and extraordinary ways. These go way beyond photography, yet have the sense of caught ...

Inside Algeria

5 reviews

Aperture, 1998

Algeria
Algeria gained independence from France July 5, 1962 when the Evian accords were signed. The country had been fighting a war of independence, led by the National Liberation Front, since the 1950's. More than one million Algerian's were killed and over two million have been internally displaced. On December 26, 1991, the Algeria's first multi-party general election took place. The military ...

Koudelka

6 reviews
Robert Delpire, Dominique Edde, ...

Aperture, 2007

Excellent overview of Koudelka's opus
Excellent, well balanced overview of Kuoudelka's work from his earliest days, experimenting with expressive, graphical effects and theater photography, through journalism, all the way to his latest achievements in panoramic, abstract landscapes. This book can serve as an introduction to this outstanding artist and motivation for exploring his opus in more detail. The integrity of Koudelka's ...