André Kertész

Michel Frizot

• 13 oktober 2010
• 9783775726306

Samenvatting:

With his very personal images, Hungarian photographer André Kertész (1894-1985) skillfully succeeded in capturing the fleeting, emotional moments in his environment. His works had a pronounced influence on artistic photography in the mid-twentieth century and on artists such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and Brassaï. Three important periods mark his oeuvre: Budapest (1914-25), Paris (1925-36), and New York (1936-85). While this first retrospective deals with all phases of Kertész's career, it sheds particular light on his work for magazines, his Distortions-photographs of nude models taken with mirrors from unusual perspectives-and the Polaroids, a series shot from the window of his home that features fascinating images of personal objects against the skyline of New York.