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André Kertész (French: [kɛʁtɛs]; 2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), born Kertész Andor, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition. Kertész never felt that he had gained the worldwide recognition he deserved. Today he is considered one of the seminal figures of photojournalism. The Estate of André Kertész is represented by Bruce Silverstein Gallery New York, NY
Expected by his family to work as a stockbroker, Kertész pursued photography independently as an autodidact, and his early work was published primarily in magazines, a major market in those years. This continued until much later in his life, when Kertész stopped accepting commissions. He served briefly in World War I and moved to Paris in 1925, then the artistic capital of the world, against the wishes of his family. In Paris he worked for France's first illustrated magazine called VU. Involved with many young immigrant artists and the Dada movement, he achieved critical and commercial success.
Kertész is a Hungarian occupational surname, which means gardener, derived from kert ("garden"). Alternative spellings include Kertesz and Kertes. The surname may refer to:
On Photography: Online Film Festival starts this Thursday 9/26/13 & airs for 4 days all over the world. DEVELOP Photo curated the closing day. See the full programming at http://opfestival.nl This 1982 10 minute film by Jean-François Dars & Anne Papillault follows Andre Kertész in Paris, with Christian Caujolle and Robert Doisneau. French with English subtitles, translated by Hélène Wilkinson. Website of filmmakers: http://www.llx.fr/site/paris-kertesz/ Presented here as a creative collaboration between the filmmakers and DEVELOP Photo. DEVELOP Photo provides resources for the enrichment of the photojournalism, fine art and documentary photography community. DEVELOP Tube is an educational resource which features videos in and about photojournalism, fine art and documentary photography. ...
André Kertész (Budapest, 1894 - New York, 1985) n'a jamais vu son œuvre faire l'objet d'une véritable rétrospective en Europe, bien qu'il ait fait don de tous ses négatifs à l'État français. Il est pourtant l'un des photographes majeurs du XXe siècle tant du point de vue de la richesse de son œuvre que de la longévité de sa carrière... [ http://www.jeudepaume.org/?page=article&idArt;=1187 ]
André Kertész (2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition. Kertész never felt that he had gained the worldwide recognition he deserved. Today he is considered one of the seminal figures of photojournalism. Expected by his family to work as a stockbroker, Kertész pursued photography independently as an autodidact, and his early work was published primarily in magazines, a major market in those years. This continued until much later in his life, when Kertész stopped accepting commissions. He served briefly in World War I and moved to Paris in 1925, t...
http://theartofphotography.tv/episodes/194-kertesz/ http://twitter.com/tedforbes http://pinterest.com/tedforbes/andre-kertesz/ In this episode, we'll take a look at André Kertész - in particular a body of Polaroids that were taken later in his life. I think this collection is not only outstanding but is a beautiful amalgamation of personal growth and artistica maturing for Kertesz.
Grandes miradas de la fotografía. Cada semana una mirada diferente. Hoy la Visión Fotográfica de André Kertész. André Kertész (Budapest, Hungría, 2 de julio de 1894 - Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 28 de septiembre de 1985) fue un fotógrafo húngaro. Es conocido por sus contribuciones a la composición fotográfica y por sus esfuerzos para establecer y desarrollar el ensayo fotográfico. Durante los primeros años de su carrera, sus trabajos no fueron apreciados debido a sus ángulos poco ortodoxos y a su deseo de conservar un estilo fotográfico personal. Incluso al final de su vida Kertész consideró que no había obtenido el reconocimiento que merecía. Actualmente, es considerado una de las figuras más influyentes del periodismo fotográfico. A pesar de que su familia deseaba que trabajara como...
"Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison detre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a raison detre, which lives on in itself." Photography, photographer, Andre, Kertesz, Bach, Music, Art, Artist
A slide show of some of the best photographs by the great Hungarian photographer, Andre Kertesz.
Sir Elton John introduces us to his passion for collecting and his Modernist Photography collection which he lives with, in a home tour. Made up of over 70 artists and nearly 150 rare vintage prints on show from seminal figures including Brassai, Imogen Cunningham, André Kertész, Dorothea Lange, Tina Modotti, and Aleksandr Rodchenko, The Radical Eye collection presents an unrivalled selection of classic modernist images from the 1920s to the 1950s – a crucial moment in the history of photography. Book tickets and find out more: http://bit.ly/1U4Lh4x Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl
Writer and art historian Patricia Albers will present "Joan Mitchell, Lady Painter," an illustrated lecture on Abstract Expressionist artist Joan Mitchell. Mitchell came to prominence in New York in the 1950s, and later worked in France for over three decades. Her lyrical paintings, pastels, and prints demonstrate her mastery of gesture and color. Albers will discuss the artist's life and work in the context of an era when it was widely believed that women could not paint. Albers is the author of Joan Mitchell, Lady Painter: A Life, the artist's first full biography, selected by Booklist as one of the ten best biographies of 2011. She also wrote Shadows, Fire, Snow: The Life of Tina Modotti, a biography of the Italian-born photographer. She is currently working on a biography of photogra...
In early March the Swedish publisher Svante Weyler and the filmmaker Håkan Pienowski went to Berlin to meet the writer and Nobel Laureate Imre Kertész. The meeting resulted in a short movie, produced by Swedish PEN. Svante Weyler gives us an introduction to the movie.
André Kertész en su obra hace una síntesis de una ética y de una estética, su obra ilustra o precede a diferentes corrientes de vanguardia,al tiempo que sigue estando profundamente vinculada a los valores humanistas. En esta conferencia, Armando Silva analizará el doble en la foto análoga y las rupturas de representación tanto al inicio del siglo XX como ahora en la era digital. Sobre el conferencista: Armando Silva Ph. D en Filosofía y Literatura Comparada de la Universidad de California. Autor de 16 de libros, entre otros: Imaginarios urbanos (con 10 ediciones y traducido en varias lenguas); Family Photo Album, ganador del premio a mejor tesis doctoral en las universidades de California (UMI, California, 1996). Ha sido Invitado a participar en grandes eventos mundiales de arte y cult...
Legendary photographer and filmmaker David Bailey joins the RA’s Artistic Director Tim Marlow to discuss his influential work and innovative portrait photographs from the last sixty years. With a career spanning over half a century, David Bailey is one of the world’s most celebrated photographers. Discarding the rigid rules of a previous generation of portrait and fashion photographers, his work defined a new era and shaped the future of photography. In 1971, Bailey’s photos appeared in the landmark exhibition SNAP! at the National Portrait Gallery, a show of modern portraiture that also featured painted portraits by David Hockney RA. Bailey has since produced some of the most famous portrait photographs that have featured in major exhibitions and publications worldwide. In this talk, Ba...