Josef Koudelka: the man who risked his life to photograph the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

Josef Koudelka: the man who risked his life to photograph the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia – in pictures

After years of taking striking photos of Gypsies, the Czech photographer stood before the tanks during the 1968 invasion. He smuggled out his images, they went round the world and he fled to Britain. Here are his most poignant and powerful shots