Andr� Kert�sz - Hardcover

Bourcier, Noel

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ISBN 10: 0714846201 ISBN 13: 9780714846200

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2006

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A Beautiful Collection from One of the MostInfluential Photographers of the 20th Century.Known for rejecting conformity and abiding only to intuition,Hungarian-born photographer Andr+- Kert+-sz (1894-1985) used his camera asa tool to explore the human condition in everyday life.He was a pioneerof the "spontaneous" photography movement. Smoothly and subtlety, hiswork moved between abstraction and Surrealism, Constructivism and humanism. Ultimately, his quest for visual authenticity has made him one of thegreatest and most influential photographers of the twentieth century.ANDR+#137; KERT+#137;SZ by No+-l Bourcier, is an illustrated overview of theacclaimed photographer's career.This book features 55 photographs inchronological order and text that offers insight into Kert+-sz's art andpersonality, as he drew upon his private life and everyday objects toinspire his creative work.This book covers the full range of Kert+-sz's photography career, one basedon capturing the fleeting moment, from his Parisian street scenes to thestill-life photographs made after he settled in New York.His motif ofelevating and transforming trivial objects into meaningful works of art isrevealed within all of the featured photographic essays, such as in TheFork, where Kert+-sz used light reflection and pure composition totransform a simple kitchen utensil into an interpretable object.Thismonograph is an elegantly produced introduction to his innovative visuallanguage and timeless photographs that continue to influence modernphotography.

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Author Details

No�l Bourcier is Artistic Director of the Andr� Kert�sz Foundation at the Department of Photographic Heritage, French Ministry of Culture. He has written numerous articles on photography, many of which have appeared in Art Press and is author of Denise Columb, or the Gift of Wonder (1992). He lives and works in Paris.

Photographer details

Andr� Kert�sz's (b. 1894 Hungary, d. 1985 New York City) quest for authenticity made him one of the most influential photographers in the history of the medium. Kert�sz's earliest photographs date back to 1912, a time when he lived in Budapest. After a brief enrollment in the Austro-Hungarian army, he moved to Paris in 1925 to embark on a career as a freelance photographer. In 1936, he immigrated to New York City where he spent the rest of his life.

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Text: English, French (translation)

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