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Andre Kertesz

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The Resume

    (July 2, 1894-September 28, 1985)
    Born in Budapest, Hungary
    Born Kertész Andor
    Graduated from Hungarian Academy of Commerce (1912)
    Served in World War I
    Photographed ‘Underwater Swimmer, Esztergom’ (1917), ‘Two Gypsies’ (1917), ‘Circus, Budapest’ (May 19, 1920), ‘Wandering Violinist’ (1921), ‘The Fork’ (1928), ‘Distortion’ (1933), and ‘Sixth Avenue, New York’ (1959)
    Photographed for Borsszem Jankó, Vu, Art et Médecine, Town and Country, Life, and House and Garden
    Immigrated to France (September 1925), and then to the United States (October 15, 1936)
    Published books of photographs ‘Enfants’ (1933), ‘Paris’ (1934), Nos Amies les bêtes (1936), Les Cathédrales du vin (1937), and ‘Day of Paris’ (1945)
    Died in New York City

Why he might be annoying:

    Most of the photographs he took during World War I were lost to the 1919 Hungarian Revolution.
    His first marriage was short-lived and he subsequently made no mention about it.
    He spent less time with his artist friends after marrying his second wife.
    His desire to attain fame can be seen as rather self-centered of him.
    In his later years, he spoke a mixture of English, French, and Hungarian called ‘Kertészian’ by his friends.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father died from tuberculosis when he was fourteen. (1908)
    He suffered temporary paralysis on his right arm when he was shot as a soldier. (1915)
    He fled the Nazis on grounds of his Jewish ethnicity.
    He and his wife were detained as ‘enemy aliens’ just because Hungary was fighting on the Axis side during World War II. (1941)
    Throughout much of his career, he was the ‘unknown soldier’ of photography, taking many pictures but rarely acknowledged for his work.
    Henri Cartier-Bresson said of him, ‘We owe him a great deal.’
    A crater on Mercury is named after him.

Credit: Big Lenny


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 52 Votes: 50.0% Annoying