Talk | André Kertész: Lost in America

[logan2z]

I watched a livestream yesterday of an interesting talk at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts titled André Kertész: Lost in America. The talk was given by Robert Gurbo, President of the André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation. It's now available on Vimeo if anyone is interested in seeing it (video embedded below).

Explore the wildly creative but often misunderstood period in the life of Hungarian-born American photographer André Kertész. Interweaving Kertész’s photographs, particularly self-portraits, with the artist’s life story, Robert Gurbo, President of the André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, will unveil a powerful and brooding body of art hidden beneath the surface of seemingly simple images. The exhibition American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy is on view at VMFA Oct 5, 2024–Jan 26, 2025.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Interesting. Thank you.

 

[cliveh]

André Kertész was one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. Bresson was greatly influenced from Kertész imagery.

 

[Valerie]

Thanks! I look forward to checking this out.

 

[samcomet]

Fabulous!!!! One of my heros. So much so I did this selfie12 years ago in Meudon outside of Paris where I was living at the time.... Thanks so much!
cheers

 

[warden]

I watched a livestream yesterday of an interesting talk at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts titled André Kertész: Lost in America. The talk was given by Robert Gurbo, President of the André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation. It's now available on Vimeo if anyone is interested in seeing it (video embedded below).

Explore the wildly creative but often misunderstood period in the life of Hungarian-born American photographer André Kertész. Interweaving Kertész’s photographs, particularly self-portraits, with the artist’s life story, Robert Gurbo, President of the André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, will unveil a powerful and brooding body of art hidden beneath the surface of seemingly simple images. The exhibition American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy is on view at VMFA Oct 5, 2024–Jan 26, 2025.

The glass bust Polaroids get me every time. Thank you.

 

[logan2z]

The glass bust Polaroids get me every time. Thank you.

So beautiful yet so heartbreaking.

 

[cliveh]

Fabulous!!!! One of my heros. So much so I did this selfie12 years ago in Meudon outside of Paris where I was living at the time.... Thanks so much!
cheers

Where is the train?

 

[samcomet]

Where is the train?

Ha! We waited a really long time but no steam locomotive. Drat!!!!! Perhaps I should have invested in a Tardis.

 

[snusmumriken]

Interesting talk, thanks for the link.

 

[gorbas]

Thank you! Great lecture!