I don't like captions. I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories. — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
When I first started to take photographs in Czechoslovakia, I met this old gentleman, this old photographer, who told me a few practical things.… — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
I don't like captions. I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories. — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
For me what photographers say about their photos doesn’t have any importance. For me it is just enough to look at the pictures. Many… — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
The biggest lesson in photography is that from negative we make a positive — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
My photographs are proof of what happened. When I go to Russia, sometimes I meet ex-soldiers... They say, 'We came to liberate you....' I… — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle. — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
I don't pretend to be an intellectual or a philosopher. I just look. — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
I photograph only something that has to do with me, and I never did anything that I did not want to do. I do… — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
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… — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
I never stay in one country more than three months. Why? Because I was interested in seeing, and if I stay longer I become… — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
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… — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
I have to shoot three cassettes of film a day, even when not 'photographing', in order to keep the eye in practice. — Josef Koudelka Copy Share Image
