{"product_id":"koudelka-ikonar","title":"Koudelka Ikonar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKey works and previously unseen images from the archives of the great humanist photographer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Ikonar” (“maker of icons”) is the nickname bestowed on the Czech French photographer Josef Koudelka (born 1938) by a group of Roma he encountered on his travels. The group assigned this name to Koudelka quite aptly; for some time, they had been treating his famous photographs of Roma communities as quasi-religious icons in their places of prayer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJosef Koudelka: Ikonar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first survey of the photographer to explore in depth his personal archive: 30,000 35mm contact sheets covering the years from 1960 to 2012.\u003cbr\u003eThe catalog is structured around key works from his most important series, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTheatre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGypsies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eInvasion 68: Prague and Exiles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It also includes a section entirely devoted to Koudelka’s archive, analyzing its role in his personal and artistic journey, as well as a selection of works from his key books. Altogether, the book addresses some of the central paradoxes of Koudelka’s work, life and career: a nomadic life versus an unrelenting focus on collecting and archiving, and a constant revision and reworking of his iconic works versus a “maximalist” philosophical agenda.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meteor (HK) Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45524761739462,"sku":null,"price":880.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/7996\/0006\/files\/IMG-4627.jpg?v=1770700746","url":"https:\/\/meteor.com.hk\/zh-hant\/products\/koudelka-ikonar","provider":"Meteor (HK) Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}