Born in Budapest, Kertész taught himself how to use a camera and had his first photos published while a member of the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. Kertész emigrated to Paris in 1925, where he became acquainted with members of the Dada movement, he achieved critical and commercial success. In Paris he found critical and commercial [...]
Eugène Atget was born in Libourne near Bordeaux in 1857. He worked as a sailor in his youth then turned to the stage only with minor success. At fourty, he quit his acting career and after trying his hand at painting, he finally discovered his true calling which was photography. His life as a photographer [...]
"Photography helps people to see" - Berenice Abbott Berenice Abbott was an American photographer known for her black and white images of New York architecture. The lesser known fact about this photographer is the fact that she was a great portrait photographer as well. Berenice Abbott start in photography was as Man Ray's assistant in [...]
