Andre Kertesz

Andre Kertesz

Andre Kertesz ( born 2nd July 1894 and died 1985) a hungarian photographer who's work, although extremely underrated in the early years of work, after a strong 70 years of photojournalism, he is now considered as one of the seminal figures of photojournalism for the interesting and creative work he has produced.

Its very apparent that in Andre Kertesz work, the range in tonal value is wide, contrasting from jet blacks  from the lightest shades of greys and white. He takes the un-ordinary of everyday life and manipulates it to his advantage, creating eye-catching photography.

His photos are very simplistic and although having stopped his work years before he died, his photos are classified to be quite modern and/or even contemporary.
Andre's work has a very serene feel to them, the simplistic theme he has applied to all his photos add to this theme. None of his photos seem to have any hint of drama or theatrics, I don't think he used any digital animation or enhancement either, just the use of a filter in the developing machine.

It's clear he thought about the composition of each piece, where the objects would be placed, the shadows that would be casted,where and how dark each shadow would be, so there is a low level of spontaneity in his work, so his work has a high level of control and thought.

In all Andre has managed to create very interesting photographs through his use of control and creativity. His use of tones in his captivating pieces add to the piece, I feel that his work wouldn't have the same impact if he had chosen to use colour in his composition.I personally;like his work overall,the simplistic and surreal feel to his work enticing.