Andre Kertesz was a Hungarian born photographer, especially known for his contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In his early career, the unusual camera angles and different style prevented him from gaining wider recognition. However, Kertesz is now considered one of the seminal figures of photojournalism.
Kertesz picked up a camera for the first time in 1912 and has since created a huge body of work. His work can be split into different periods, depending on where he lived at the time. They are called the Hungarian period, the French period, the American period and later on in his life the International period.
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The reason I decided to have a look at his work is because of all the black and white work he has done and the fact that he's a historical practitioner.
For my own images, I'm going to have to apply an effect to make my images look aged. I haven't decided yet whether I want to go for full on black and white, such as Kertesz; or whether I'm going to use sepia. Looking at Kertesz's images, but also black and white images in general, I find them very dark and depressing. So this wouldn't be something I'd really want to use. If you brighten black and white images up, they start to look a bit strange. So I'll really have to think about this.
Image Resource:
http://pinterest.com/tonroque/photographer-andre-kertesz/
http://www.ahmetarifgunes.com/andre_kertesz.php
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