André Kertesz

This is an overview of the career of one of the most important and influential photographers in the history of the medium: André Kertész (1894-1985). Kertész was a Hungarian who worked in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, becoming a mentor to photographers such as Capa, Brassaï, and Cartier-Bresson. As an intuitive artist with an innovative visual language of playful humour and surrealism, as well as a pioneer of 'spontaneous' imagery, his influence and importance within the field cannot be underestimated. The book includes an introductory essay by Noël Bourcier, the leading expert on Kertész.