Kertesz
Andre (b Budapest, 2 July 1894; d New York, 27 Sept 1985).
American photographer of Hungarian birth. As a young man he used to wander
around Budapest and visit the Ethnographic Museum. At this time Bela Bartok
and Zoltan Kodaly were rediscovering Hungarian folk music, and Hungarian
poets and painters were looking at their ancient vernacular traditions for
inspiration. Kertesz, who started taking photographs at the age of 12, also
tried to reflect these interests, both in his choice of countryside subjects
and in the simplicity of his style. Self-taught, he often took his camera
with him when he went to visit relatives in the small peasant towns of the
Hungarian heartland, the puszta. He tried to go beyond mere recording
of holiday memories, or of the idyllic relationship of the country people to
nature; he rather sought out timeless and essential qualities in the
ordinary day-to-day events that he saw around him.
The Tender Touch,
Bilinski
1915
Displaced People
1916
Underwater Swimmer
1917
The Dancing Faun
Cheese Racks, Paris
Circus Performer
1920
Wandering Violinist, Abony, Hungary
1921
Feeding the Ducks in the Late Afternoon Tisza Szalka
1924
Geza Blattner
1925
Chez Mondrian
1926
Satiric Dancer, Paris 1926
Parc Des Sceaux in Fall
1926
Magda Forstner
1926
Self-portrait by Andre Kertesz
1927
Montmartre
1927
Hands and Books
1927
Meudon, Paris
1928
Fork, Paris 1928
Study of People and Shadows
1928
May
1928
Paul Arma's Hands
1928
Broken plate
1929
Chez Mondrian, Paris
1929
Vert Galant On A Wintery Day, Paris 1929
Colette with Flowers
1930
Shadows
1931
"Fete Foraine", Paris
1931
Elizabeth and I in a cafe in Montparnasse
1931
Elizabeth
1931
Rue des Ursins
1931
Clock of the Academie Francaise
1932
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