
André Kertész
Distortion #16, 1933
Silver gelatin print
Image: 9 11/16 x 7 1/16 inches
Paper: 9 15/16 x 8 inches
Paper: 9 15/16 x 8 inches
Titled in pencil with estate stamp verso. Printed circa 1980
André Kertész
André Kertész Biography Photographer André Kertész (1894-1985) was born in Budapest, Hungary. As a child, he’d rummage in his uncle’s attic through piles of old German and Hungarian illustrated magazines. He started to develop his passion and eye for photography while working as a Budapest stock exchange clerk; he purchased his first camera and made his first photograph in 1912....