“It never seemed important to me that my photos be published. It's important that I take them. There were periods where I didn't have money, and I would imagine that someone would come to me and say: 'Here is money, you can go do your photography, but you must not show it.' I would have accepted right away. On the other hand, if someone had come to me saying: 'Here is money to do your photography, but after your death it must be destroyed,' I would have refused.” IfsImportantShowsHandsImaginePeriodsPhotographyPhotographerAcceptedDestroyedImagine That Author:Josef Koudelka
“My work has no theme. I don't care if my photographs get published, and I have no interest in the news. But the invasion of Prague was not news, it was my life.” IfsCareInterestNewsPhotographDon't CareI Don't CareThemeInvasionPrague Author:Josef Koudelka
“I have never had any hero in my life or in photography. I just travel, I look and everything influences me. Everything influences me. I am quite different now than I was 40 years ago. For 40 years I have been traveling. I never stay in one country more than three months. Why? Because I was interested in seeing, and if I stay longer I become blind.” IfsYearsLooksHas BeensDifferentCountryThreeSeeingInfluenceMonthsHeroPhotographyYears AgoBlindThree MonthsIf I Stay Author:Josef Koudelka
“If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle.” IfsPhotographyMiraclePhotographerDissatisfiedGood Photo Author:Josef Koudelka
“Sometimes I photograph without looking through the viewfinder. I have mastered that well enough, it is almost as if I were looking through it.” IfsWellsSometimesEnoughPhotographyPhotographerPhotograph Author:Josef Koudelka
“When I photograph, I do not think much. If you looked at my contacts you would ask yourself: "What is this guy doing?" But I keep working with my contacts and with my prints, I look at them all the time. I believe that the result of this work stays in me and at the moment of photographing it comes out, without my thinking of it.” IfsThinkingBelieveLooksMomentsGuyAsksI BelieveResultsPhotographyPhotographerPhotographContactPrintThis Guy Author:Josef Koudelka
“I never stay in one country more than three months. Why? Because I was interested in seeing, and if I stay longer I become blind.” IfsCountryThreeSeeingMonthsPhotographyBlindPhotographerThree MonthsIf I Stay Author:Josef Koudelka
