Andre Kertesz Briana Montoya Andr Kertsz was Hungarianborn

Andre Kertesz Briana Montoya

-André Kertész was Hungarianborn American photographer known for magazine photography in Look, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. -He captured modern urban life with its overlooked incidents and odd, occasionally comic, or even bizarre juxtapositions. -He wanted "to give meaning to everything” with his camera, "to make photographs as by reflection in a mirror, unmanipulated and direct as in life. "

-Kertesz was not a surrealist, nor a strict photojournalist. He nevertheless infused his best images with both. -"You don't see" the things you photograph, he explained, "you feel them. " Chez Mondrian 1926 Silver gelatin 3. 25 x 4

Biography -Kertész was born July 2, 1894, in Budapest, Hungary -Original name Andor Kohn -He received his first camera in 1912 and began to make portraits of family and friends, studies of the Hungarian countryside, and scenes of daily life behind the battle lines of World War I. -He moved in 1925 to Paris, where he established a successful career as a photojournalist.

Biography (continued) -1936 Kertész relocated to New York in order to further his career. -He used the camera to record both his fascination and sense of alienation from his new surroundings. -He retired from commercial work in 1962 and began a series of personal projects. -He died September 27, 1985 at age ninety-one in New York City - Married Erzsebet (Elizabeth) Salamon

Andre Ketresz always had his camera with him Interviewer: Did you take a camera with you everywhere? Kertesz: “Yes. So there I was, in the front line, lugging the plate negatives around in a metal case. The other lads said I was crazy. “Why? ” I asked. “If I come out of this alive, then I’ll develop them; if I don’t, I won’t. ” My kid brother had a great idea. Take 9 x 12 cm plates with you, he said, and cut them in four. ”

“I like high shots. If you are on the same level, you lose many things. ” – André Kertész His street photography was unique from most because of the high levels he used Under the Eiffel Tower 1929 Silver Gelatin Print 3. 5 x 4

Circus, Budapest 1920 -printed, 1950 Silver print 9. 25 x 7. 5

Distortion #44 1933 Silver Gelatin Print 3. 5 x 4

Pont des Arts, Paris 1929 -printed, 1960 Silver print 13. 69 x 10. 75

“In this picture of Montmartre, I was just testing a new lens for a special effect. When I went to America, I left most of my material in Paris, and when I returned I found sixty percent of the glassplate negatives were broken. This one I saved, but it had a hole in it. I printed it anyway. An accident helped me produce a beautiful effect. ” André Kertész Broken Plate 1929, printed 1982 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20

Modrians Glasses and Pipe 1929

Les Mains de ma Mere 1919

Still Life, Paris 1926

The Lost Cloud, New York 1937; print- 1970

Meudon, France 1928

Emulation Fork, Paris 1960 Silver Gelatin Print 10. 75 x 13. 69

Emulation Stairs of Montmartre, Paris 1925

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