Invasion - Prague 1968

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Invasion - Prague 1968

Josef Koudelka

In August of 1968 the Warsaw Pact Armies invaded Czechoslovakia. It took over 5000 tanks and hundreds of thousands of soldiers to put down the rising democracy.

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Fantastic.

Comment posted by Jeferson Kim (not verified) on April 17th, 2007

chilling

Comment posted by Peter Klesken (not verified) on April 18th, 2007

Fantasic set of photos.

Comment posted by Richard Lui (not verified) on April 24th, 2007

I really liked the this essay was set up, the choice of music and photographs. I would really love to see more essays with Josef Koudelka as I find his photographs very interresting. /Mads

Comment posted by Mads (not verified) on April 28th, 2007

really impressive, the way the music is acting over the photos ... a great piece

Comment posted by aurelien sergent (not verified) on June 6th, 2007

From this series of images it shows the Human quality about people against the government. In the images it shows the emotions, reactions, and also reveals the human quality from the being until the end. Josef Koudelka is fully expressed the way of his feeling visually with an artistic point of view.

Comment posted by Browning, Lui (not verified) on October 6th, 2007

The picture is worth a thousand words. Memories of that August morning come flooding back and it is hard to believe that 40 years have gone by - somethimes it seems like yesterday when my parents packed a car and together with my sister and I made their way to freedom through a convoy of armed vehicles and soldiers with machine guns hiding in the woods . Very to the point at this time, when Russia is on the move again "liberating" yet another country. WARNING - if allowed Russia will repeat this over and over again. Dagmar

Comment posted by Dagmar Benedik (not verified) on August 27th, 2008

History repeats itself, now Georgia, russia is impearlist country and government.

Comment posted by jorge vall (not verified) on August 22nd, 2008

We need to be reminded of events like this. Russian agression in Georgia is nothing new. We need to be reminded that as Russia invaded Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany and Poland, it may very well decide to do the same, first to Poland, in the near future. Will the west respond or will it be as it was in Summer 1968? We will see.

Comment posted by Antonio Perez (not verified) on August 21st, 2008

Great web-site. It is some of the modern hotels in Prague on the background of the picture ?

Comment posted by Brita Truthe (not verified) on June 27th, 2008

Powerful pictures, very strong message. I admire the courage of the photographer.

Comment posted by Guillermo Rossi (not verified) on May 14th, 2008

Simply great photos! To my humble opinion he is the last of a generation which is really missing from photography

Comment posted by Mike (not verified) on May 7th, 2008