Eyewitness : Hungarian photography in the twentieth century : Brassaï, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy, Munkácsi /
Baki, Péter.
Ford, Colin,1934-
Szirtes, George,1948-
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
London : Royal Academy of Arts,
c2011.
"Brassaï, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy and Munkácsi revolutionised photojournalism and art photography in the first hald of the twentieth century. This handsome book examines how these five men, all of whom left their native country to work in Europe and America, established Hungary - that cultural and geographical intersection between east and west - as a crucibleof photography, and explores the influence of their vision and orginality on suceeding generations of photographers. Illestrated with their major works and a number by their contemporaries - in many cases using vintage prints from Hungarian collections - 'Eyewitness' is a landmark publication in the study of modern photography." --
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 30-Oct. 2, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.
Photography: Hungary's greatest export? / Colin Ford -- 'Let us stay here': twentieth-century photography within Hungary / Péter Baki -- A horse, a circus and a small case / George Szirtes -- Plates with section introductions / Colin Ford and Péter Baki. Hungary 1914-1939 -- The First World War and its aftermath -- Moving away: Paris, Berlin, London, New York -- The Second World war and its aftermath -- Hungary 1945-1989 -- Biographies / Péter Baki with Balázs Zoltán Tóth.
"Brassaï, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy and Munkácsi revolutionised photojournalism and art photography in the first hald of the twentieth century. This handsome book examines how these five men, all of whom left their native country to work in Europe and America, established Hungary - that cultural and geographical intersection between east and west - as a crucibleof photography, and explores the influence of their vision and orginality on suceeding generations of photographers. Illestrated with their major works and a number by their contemporaries - in many cases using vintage prints from Hungarian collections - 'Eyewitness' is a landmark publication in the study of modern photography." --
Brassaï, 1899-1984
Capa, Robert, 1913-1954
Kertész, André
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
Munkacsi, Martin
Photojournalism
Photography, Artistic