Andre Kertesz was born on July 2 1894 in Budapest, Hungary. When he got his first camera, and ICA box camera, in 1912 Kertesz proceeded to take photos of local gypsies and the surrounding Hungarian landscape. Kertesx took photos most of his life, even during WWI in the trenches. The period in which Kertesz's photos really excelled were when he moved to Paris, encouraged by his newly published magazine cover. Kertesz was the first to have a one man exhibit and many European magazines were publishing his works.
This is probably the most well known photos by Kertesz and it's obvious why. It's a stunning image and I really love the shadows of the prongs on the fork.
Kertesz had a period where he did many distortion photos similar to the one above. I really like them because they remind me of how a women's body is so distorted now a days. Women crave being skinny but most of their views are distorted by weight loss and beauty ads.
I really like how the wall acts almost like a reflector to the ladder. The shadows almost make the image look like it's being reflected across a puddle of water or something.
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