ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ: A profile of André Kertész
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french subtitles/sous-titres français
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28 minutes - Documentary
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ, “THE FATHER OF 35 MILLIMETER PHOTOGRAPHY,” WAS BORN IN HUNGARY IN 1894 AND LIVED IN THE PARIS OF THE 1920’S AND 1930’S BEFORE EMIGRATING TO THE UNITED STATES JUST BEFORE WORLD WAR TWO. LONG BEFORE EVERY HOME HAD A CAMERA HIS WORK EMBODIED THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE WORLD NOW CALLS CANDID PHOTOGRAPHY: PERSONAL, MOBILE, UNPOSED. “WE ALL OWE HIM A GREAT DEAL,” SAID CARTIER-BRESSON.
RANGING OVER THE WHOLE SCOPE OF HIS LIFE WORK, THIS DOCUMENTARY PRESENTS KERTÉSZ IN HIS OWN WORDS, EXPLAINING HIS PICTURES AND SHARING HIS MEMORIES – PROVINCIAL LIFE IN HUNGARY, CENTRAL EUROPE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, FAMOUS FRIENDS LIKE COLETTE, EISENSTEIN, CHAGALL AND MONDRIAN, ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS OF THE POETRY OF HUMAN LIFE. KERTÉSZ TAKES US THROUGH HIS ARCHIVES, AND OUT ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK TO WATCH HIM SHOOT IN HIS BELOVED WASHINGTON SQUARE AND THE MEDIEVAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE CLOISTERS.
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DVD Pal interzone (19,90 euros)
french subtitles/sous-titres français
© Re:Voir and Creative Arts Television
28 minutes - Documentary
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ, “THE FATHER OF 35 MILLIMETER PHOTOGRAPHY,” WAS BORN IN HUNGARY IN 1894 AND LIVED IN THE PARIS OF THE 1920’S AND 1930’S BEFORE EMIGRATING TO THE UNITED STATES JUST BEFORE WORLD WAR TWO. LONG BEFORE EVERY HOME HAD A CAMERA HIS WORK EMBODIED THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE WORLD NOW CALLS CANDID PHOTOGRAPHY: PERSONAL, MOBILE, UNPOSED. “WE ALL OWE HIM A GREAT DEAL,” SAID CARTIER-BRESSON.
RANGING OVER THE WHOLE SCOPE OF HIS LIFE WORK, THIS DOCUMENTARY PRESENTS KERTÉSZ IN HIS OWN WORDS, EXPLAINING HIS PICTURES AND SHARING HIS MEMORIES – PROVINCIAL LIFE IN HUNGARY, CENTRAL EUROPE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, FAMOUS FRIENDS LIKE COLETTE, EISENSTEIN, CHAGALL AND MONDRIAN, ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS OF THE POETRY OF HUMAN LIFE. KERTÉSZ TAKES US THROUGH HIS ARCHIVES, AND OUT ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK TO WATCH HIM SHOOT IN HIS BELOVED WASHINGTON SQUARE AND THE MEDIEVAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE CLOISTERS.
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André Kertesz - A profile of André Kertész (video excerpt)
André Kertész (Budapest, 1894 - New York, 1985) n’a jamais
vu son œuvre faire l’objet d’une véritable rétrospective en Europe, bien qu’il
ait fait don de tous ses négatifs à l’État français. Il est pourtant l’un des
photographes majeurs du XXe siècle tant du point de vue de la richesse de son
œuvre que de la longévité de sa carrière.
