Andre Kertesz was a black and white photographer born in Hungary in the year 1894. He worked mostly with small cameras. His pictures were taken mostly with the small camera that he loved so much. He began photographing in 1912.
Kertesz went to school at the Hungarian Academy of Commerce where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in photography. His first job was as a clerk at the Budapest Stock Exchange. Soon after he started taking photographs. His newfound talent did not support him well so he went back to his job to support his mother.
In 1925 he moved to Paris, where he became a freelance photographer. He worked in Paris through the 1930's, having great success there. When his mother passed and he married his wife Elizabeth, he moved to New York City. Here he found little success in recognition and was treated as an enemy. He wanted to go back to Paris but could not due to his health. He passed away in his New York apartment in 1985.
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