American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American photographic legacy

"[A] ... look at the ... role of Hungarian immigrants in shaping American photographic culture and practice in the twentieth century. This ... illustrated book explores the cultural conditions for photography in Hungary in the first half of the twentieth century and the exodus of ... Hungarian...

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1. Verfasser: Nyerges, Alexander Lee (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
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Zusammenfassung:"[A] ... look at the ... role of Hungarian immigrants in shaping American photographic culture and practice in the twentieth century. This ... illustrated book explores the cultural conditions for photography in Hungary in the first half of the twentieth century and the exodus of ... Hungarian artists, many of whom journeyed to Berlin, Paris, or London before settling in the United States. The story of the ... intellectual and artistic talent that departed Hungary during this period is told ... , from the photojournalistic legacy of the Capa brothers and Martin Munkácsi to the ... experimental work made in the United States by artists such as László Moholy-Nagy and György Kepes to the portraits of cinema icons by André de Dienes, including Marilyn Monroe, which helped fuel Hollywood's Golden Age. The book also introduces the major but underrecognized talent of artists, including John Albok, Anna Barna, Ferenc Berko, Michael Simon, and Paula Wright. The publication's essays explore the ... legacy of more than thirty Hungarian-born photographers and reflect on their journeys to the US in the context of Hungarian emigration for more than a hundred and fifty years. By tracing the impact of these ... photographers ... , American, Hungary Born underscores the significant role of Hungarian immigrants in shaping American photographic culture and practice in the twentieth century."--
Beschreibung:Artists include: Lucien Aigner, John Albok, Anna Barna, Ferenc Berko, Cornell Capa, Robert Capa, Helene Beck Deutch, Stephen Deutch, André de Dienes, Orshi Drozdik, Arnold Eagle, Jolán Gross-Bettelheim, Francis Haar, Nicholas Ház, Bela Kalman, György Kepes, André Kertész, László Kondor, Balthazar Korab, György Lőrinczy, László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsi, Nickolas Muray, Marion Palfi, Sylvia Plachy, Irma Biró and Imre Révész, Michael Simon, Cornel Somogy, Marcel Sternberger, Max Thorek, László Josef Willinger, Paula Wright, Ylla
Beschreibung:xiii, 354 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 31 cm
ISBN:9780300279962

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