André Kertész

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In a career that spanned eight decades and several continents, Hungarian-born Andre Kertesz (1894-1985) brought a unique vision to the art of photography and created many lasting images that influenced generations of photographers. Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of his birth, Andre Kertesz is a chronological overview of his life and work and the first complete retrospective on this fascinating man.

"In October 1963, photographer André Kertész returned to Paris, almost thirty years after his emigration to the United States, for a retrospective of his work held at the Bibliot̀heque Nationale. Over a period of two and a half months, he devoted his days to photographing the ephemeral autumnal beauty of Paris--from Montmartre, Notre-Dame, and the Jardins du Luxembourg, to the Canal Saint-Martin and the banks of the Seine. Through the lens of his Leica camera, he produced more than 1,500 negatives and 313 color slides, From this wealth of images, he selected fifty-nine of his best photographs and crafted them into a ferroprussiate process blueprint for a book. This exceptional body of work remained unpublished during his lifetime but is reproduced here in its complete form for the first time, as the photographer intended"--Jacket.

Wiser than a god Miss Witherwell's mistake A shameful affair Doctor Chevalier's lie Boulôt and Boulotte Old Aunt Peggy Miss McEnders A visit to Avoyelles Ma'ame Pélagie [Désirée's Baby]Madame Célestin's divorce A lady of Bayou St. John La belle Zoraïde In Sabine A respctable woman [The Story of an Hour]Lilacs Regret The kiss Athénaïse Two summers and two souls Two portraits Fedora [A Pair of Silk Stockings]Aunt Lympy's interference A family affair At the 'Cadian ball The storm : a sequel to "At the 'Cadian ball" Charlie :

120 pages : 27 cm