Koudelka once said that good photography is about emotions. In the image above of a Roma funeral, the stillness and the solemnity of the scene are captured with tenderness and respect.
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Image: “Czechoslovakia. Jarabina,” 1963, copy from 1967. 21 x 32.5 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago.
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