Books

J'aime Paris: Photographs Since the Twenties

(Grossman Publishers, 1974)

Andre Kertesz: Paris, Autumn 1963

(Flammarion, 2013)

Andre Kertesz: Of Paris and New York

(Art Institute of Chicago, 1985)

Andre Kertesz: Postcards from Paris

(Art Institute of Chicago, 2021)

André Kertész

(Hazan, 2010)

Andre Kertesz: Sixty Years of Photography

(Penguin Books, 1978)

André Kertész: A Lifetime of Perception

(Abrams, 1982)

André Kertész

(Princeton University Press, 2005)

André Kertész

(Phaidon, 2006)

André Kertész

(Thames & Hudson, 2008)

More by André Kertész

Newtown, Conn., Oct. 17, 1959
On Reading

Reading as a timeless act that links people through moments of quiet reflection.

Distortion #60
Distortion

Fragmented and reshaped human forms through distorting mirrors and unconventional perspectives.

Related Projects

Longchamp, 1949. Image courtesy of National Gallery of Art.
Paris

Atmospheric and personal depiction of post-war Paris, focusing on the interplay of solitude, urban rhythms, and fleeting human moments.

The Melted Car, 1944.
The Suburbs of Paris

Parisian suburbs during the transformative post-war period, capturing the interplay of evolving urban landscapes and the lives of working-class communities.

Trastevere, Rome, 1959. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.
The Europeans

European identity captured through black-and-white photographs spanning five decades, emphasizing shared humanity and cultural diversity.

Chicago, Chicago

Chicago’s urban development, marked by modernist architectural expansion and socio-economic shifts, presented through a blend of formal composition and empathetic documentary approach.

Mortal Paris

Working-class life and urban alienation in 1950s Paris during post-war recovery and Algerian War, bridging the humanist documentary tradition with more experimental and subjective approaches.

Behind the Saint-Lazare station, Paris, 1932. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.
The Decisive Moment

Ephemeral human moments portrayed through a fusion of spontaneity and precise composition.

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