André Kertész

(American/Hungarian, 1894–1985)

André Kertész was a Hungarian photographer who emerged as one of the most influential practitioners of the medium. Prizing emotional impact over technique, he famously remarked, “I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.” Kertész remains best known for his contributions to photojournalism, employing distinctively dynamic compositions throughout his influential photo essays. He notably maintained a palpable empathy for his subjects, setting aside political or social biases regardless of who he was photographing. Born Kertész Andor on July 2, 1894 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, he came from a Jewish middle-class background. Though his family expected him to pursue a career in business, he eventually moved to Paris and fell with its bohemian culture. Throughout the mid-1920s, he met Piet Mondrian, Sergei Eisenstein, and many of the Dadaists. Kertész eventually fled France and its growing Jewish persecutions, and emigrated to the United States where he went on to work for magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and House & Garden, as well as mounting solo shows at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1946 and at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1964. Kertész died on September 25, 1985 in New York, NY.

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MacDougal Alley, New York, 1965

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MacDougal Alley, New York, 1965

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Nouveau-né

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Chez Mondrian, 1926

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Chez Mondrian, 1926

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Chimney, 1965

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Chimney, 1965

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Washington Square Park, November 30, 1971

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Washington Square Park, November 30, 1971

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Homing Ship, New York, 1944 and Central..., 1944

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Homing Ship, New York, 1944 and Central..., 1944

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Arch and Snow, Washington Square Park,..., 1970

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Arch and Snow, Washington Square Park,..., 1970

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Washington Square, March 22, 1967

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Washington Square, March 22, 1967

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Washington Square After Rain, 1970

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Washington Square After Rain, 1970

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Looking Through Trees at Man with Umbrella,..., 1962

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Looking Through Trees at Man with Umbrella,..., 1962

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Carrefour, Blois, 1930

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Carrefour, Blois, 1930

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Satiric Dancer, 1926

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Satiric Dancer, 1926

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Homing Ship, 1944

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Homing Ship, 1944

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Satiric Dancer, 1926

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Satiric Dancer, 1926

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André Kertész’, Galerie Wilde, 1982

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André Kertész’, Galerie Wilde, 1982

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Untitled (acrobats), 1969

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Untitled (acrobats), 1969

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Rainy Day, Tokyo

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Rainy Day, Tokyo

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Flowers for Elizabeth, 1976

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Flowers for Elizabeth, 1976

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Homing Ship, Central Park, New York, 1944

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Homing Ship, Central Park, New York, 1944

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Satiric Dancer, 1923

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Satiric Dancer, 1923

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Mondrian's Glasses and Pipe, 1926

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Mondrian's Glasses and Pipe, 1926

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Chez Mondrian, 1926

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Chez Mondrian, 1926

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Carrefour, Blois, 1930

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Carrefour, Blois, 1930

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View by the Seine

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View by the Seine

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