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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Sans titre, 29 Octobre, 1965

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Sans titre, 29 Octobre, 1965

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Building a New York, 1965

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Building a New York, 1965

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Tudor City, 25 Aout, 1962

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Tudor City, 25 Aout, 1962

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New York, 1961

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New York, 1961

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Washington Square, New York, 5 Novembre, 1961

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Washington Square, New York, 5 Novembre, 1961

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New York, 1958

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New York, 1958

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Great neck, New York (1); Newton,..., 1957–1958

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Great neck, New York (1); Newton,..., 1957–1958

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Memphis, Mississipi, 1952

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Memphis, Mississipi, 1952

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Southport, Long Island, 14 Aout, 1949

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Southport, Long Island, 14 Aout, 1949

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Central Park, New York, 13 Octobre (2 works), 1944

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Central Park, New York, 13 Octobre (2 works), 1944

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Peggy Guggenheim, 20 Septembre, 1945

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Peggy Guggenheim, 20 Septembre, 1945

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Christ and lightbulb, New York, 1947

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Christ and lightbulb, New York, 1947

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Étude de Cygne (Le Début de l'abstraction)..., 1944

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Étude de Cygne (Le Début de l'abstraction)..., 1944

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Akron Ohio, 17 et 19 Avril, 1927

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Akron Ohio, 17 et 19 Avril, 1927

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Sans titre, 16 Juin, 1939

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Sans titre, 16 Juin, 1939

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Vermont, 6 Juin, 1937

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Vermont, 6 Juin, 1937

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Youderhill, New Jersey, 1948

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Youderhill, New Jersey, 1948

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Third Avenue, 1937

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Third Avenue, 1937

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Distorsion #147, 1933

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Distorsion #147, 1933

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Distorsion #136, 1933

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Distorsion #136, 1933

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Distorsion #120, 1933

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Distorsion #120, 1933

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Distorsion #116, 1933

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Distorsion #116, 1933

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Distorsion #157, 1933

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Distorsion #157, 1933

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Distorsion # 159, 1933

André Kertész

Distorsion # 159, 1933

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