Photographic innovator Andre Kertesz (1894 – 1985) had a 70-year career creating insightful, artistic images of everyday life that revolutionized the use of small-format cameras. Originally working as a clerk at the Budapest Stock Exchange, Kertesz created groundbreaking portraits, nudes and still lifes, taking photos during WWI which digressed from typical war images, capturing the daily lives of soldiers when they were not engaged in fighting. For 10 years, he worked for many magazines in Paris, and was also a freelance photographer for “Vogue,” “Harper’s Baazar” and “Town and Country.” His ability to sensitively and expressively capture moods and moments has given Kertesz’s work a profoundly enduring effect upon photography.

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