Josef Koudelka, a Moravian native, was born in a small town. Born in 1938, he began photography with a Bakelite camera & later earned a degree at University of Technology in Prague. He went on to end his engineering career and pursue photography. Working on grants and other funding he was awarded the Overseas Press Club
's Robert Capa Gold Medal of courage for smuggling pictures of the Warsaw pact invading the Czech for reform. Going to win many pretiged awards & recieve much praise from others he resides now in France & has two daughters and a son all living in different parts of Europe.
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