February 26, 2009

Josef Koudelka

At first I just liked this guy cause he was named after my favorite printer. (Maybe it was the other way around.....) but in my research, I have learned that he is much more than a printer. That printer is very very fortunate to have a pleasure and honor, of being named after such an artist. Here is just one favorite:



I really like this one, because you can see into the head of this hand. You can tell, by just the subject of the image, that this man is either bored or in a hurry. But then as we look at the background, a busy city with people with places to go, we see that this man is in a hurry. One small side element of vantage point simply shows us how great a photographer he is, and it also tells us that this man has a long way to go, and not a long time to get there. I love the story this tells.

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