{"product_id":"josef-koudelka-josef-koudelka-9781597116053","title":"Josef Koudelka: Invasion Prague 68","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow available in a hardcover format, \u003ci\u003eInvasion Prague 68\u003c\/i\u003e reinstates the vitality and prescience of Koudelka's work in capturing public defiance in the face of political suppression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Soviet-led troops invaded Czechoslovakia in August 1968, ending the short-lived Prague Spring, Josef Koudelka was one of the first on the scene. As an acclaimed theater photographer, Koudelka (born in Moravia, Czech Republic, 1938) knew nothing about photojournalism, but that would soon change. In the turmoil of the invasion, he took a series of photographs purely for himself, which were miraculously smuggled out of the country. A year after they reached New York, Magnum Photos distributed and credited the photos to an unknown Czech photographer. Their significance earned the still-anonymous photographer the Robert Capa Award. Sixteen years would pass before Koudelka could safely acknowledge authorship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis hardcover edition of \u003ci\u003eInvasion Prague 68\u003c\/i\u003e contains 250 images selected by Koudelka from his archive, punctuated by contemporary broadcasts and eye-witness accounts. Almost sixty years later, these searing photographs return to light, standing as a timely reminder of the brutality of political repression and the importance of bearing witness to injustice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josef Koudelka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159711605X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597116053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aperture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Josef Koudelka","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49148532064511,"sku":"9781597116053","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/josef-koudelka-josef-koudelka-9781597116053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}