Andre Kertesz / Biography & Images - Atget Photography.com

Perhaps more than any other photographer, Andre Kertesz discovered and demonstrated the special aesthetic of the small camera. These beautiful little machines seemed at first hardly serious enough for the typical professional, with his straightforward and factual approach to the subject. Most of those who did use small cameras tried to make them do what the big camera did better; deliberate, analytical description. Kertesz had never been much interested in deliberate, analytical description; since he had begun photographing in 1912 he had sought the revolution of the elliptical view, the unexpected detail, the ephemeral moment ___ not the epic but the lyric truth. When the first 35mm camera ___ the Leica ___ was marketed in 1925, it seemed to Kertesz that it had been designed for his own eye. Like his fellow Hungarian Moholy-Nagy, he loved the play between pattern and deep space; the picture plane of his photographs is like a visual trampoline, taut and resilient. " by John Szarkowski

André Kertész André Kertész, Nowy Jork, 1982 Praca Cyrk, Budapeszt, 19 maja 1920 André Kertész (ur. 2 lipca 1894 w Budapeszcie, zm. 28 września 1985 w Nowym Jorku) – węgierski fotograf i dziennikarz. Zaliczany do dadaistów. Życiorys[edytuj | edytuj kod] Urodził się w Budapeszcie w średnio zamożnej rodzinie Żydów. Pierwszy aparat kupił w 1912. Nagrody i upamiętnienie[edytuj | edytuj kod] Otrzymał m.in. doktorat honorowy Royal College of Art i Fine Arts Parson's School of Design, francuską Legię Honorową, pierwszą nagrodę Annual Master of Photography Award International Center of Photography. Na jego cześć jeden z kraterów na Marsie nazwano Kertész. Bibliografia[edytuj | edytuj kod] Nota biograficzna w serwisie I Photo Central (ang.) Linki zewnętrzne[edytuj | edytuj kod] Prace André Kertésza na stronie The National Gallery of Art w Waszyngtonie (ang.)