Eyewitness
Subtitle: Hungarian photography in the twentieth century : Brassaï, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy, Munkácsi
By: Péter Baki, Colin Ford, George Szirtes
Contributors: Ford, Colin, 1934-; Szirtes, George, 1948-; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781905711772; 9781905711765
Subjects: Exhibitions; Artistic Photography; Photojournalism; History
Other titles: Hungarian photography in the twentieth century
Description: "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." --
Notes: 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.
Table of contents: title: Photography: Hungary's greatest export? / Colin Ford; title: 'Let us stay here': twentieth-century photography within Hungary / Péter Baki; title: A horse, a circus and a small case / George Szirtes; title: Plates with section introductions / Colin Ford and Péter Baki. Hungary 1914-1939; title: The First World War and its aftermath; title: Moving away: Paris, Berlin, London, New York; title: The Second World war and its aftermath; title: Hungary 1945-1989; title: Biographies / Péter Baki with Balázs Zoltán Tóth.