André Kertész

André Kertész was born on July 2nd, 1894 and died the 28th of september, 1985. Kertész was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his photographic composition and his photo essay. In the early years of his career his techniques and camera angles were preventing him from being recognized. Kertész never felt that he had gained the worldwide recognition he deserved. Today he is considered one of the seminal figures of photojournalism.Kertész pursued photography independently, his early work was published primarily in magazines; which was a huge market back than. This continued until much later in his life, when Kertész stopped accepting commissions. He served briefly in World War I and moved to Paris in 1925. In Paris he worked for France's first illustrated magazine called VU. Involved with many young immigrant artists he became a huge commercial success. Due to German persecution of the Jews and the threat of World War II, Kertész decided to emigrate to the United States in 1936, where he had to rebuild his reputation through commissioned work. In the 1940s and 1950s, he stopped working for magazines and began to achieve greater international success. His career is generally divided into four periods, based on where he was working and his work was most prominently known. They are called the Hungarian period, the French period, the American period and, toward the end of his life, the International period.