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Andre Kertesz Biography

André Kertész (French: [kɛʁtɛs]; 2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), born Kertész Andor, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition. Kertész never felt that he had gained the worldwide recognition he deserved. Today he is considered one of the seminal figures of photojournalism.

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Have confidence in the inventions and transformations of chance.

Chance, Transformation, Invention, Confidence, Inventions

I do not document anything, I give an interpretation.

Giving, Photographer, Interpretation, Document, Give

I can do something with almost anything I see. Everything is still interesting to me.

Interesting, Stills, Can Do Something, Everything, See

I do what I feel, that's all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That's all I've ever done.

Ordinary, Done, Photographer, Pleasure, Working

You do not have to imagine things; reality gives you all you need.

Reality, Giving, Needs, Gives, Things

If you want to write you should learn the alphabet. You write and write and in the end you hava a beautiful, perfect alphabet. But it isn’t the alphabed that is important. The important thing is what you are writing, what you are expressing. The same thing goes for photography. Photographs can be technically perfect and even beautiful, but they have no expression.

Beautiful, Photography, Writing, Perfect

My talent lies in the fact that I cannot touch a camera without expressing myself.

Cameras, Expressing, Fact, Facts, Lying, Touch

Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph

Photography, Photographer, Enough, Photograph, Seeing

People in motion are wonderful to photograph. It means catching the right moment. . . when one thing changes into something else.

Mean, Motion, Movement, People, Right, Thing

I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.

Eye, Elements, Angle, Arrange, Walk, Picture

I still regard myself as an amateur today and I hope that's what I'll stay until the end of my life. Because I'm forever a beginner who discovers the world again and again.

Forever, Beginners, World, Stay, Beginner, Amateur

The moment always dictates in my work. What I feel, I do. This is the most important thing for me. Everybody can look, but they don't necessarily see. I never calculate or consider; I see a situation and I know that it's right, even if I have to go back to get the proper lighting.

Important, Looks, Photographer, Thing, Know, Back

For this very reason I refuse all the tricks of the trade and professional virtuosity which could make me betray my career. As soon as I find a subject which interests me, I leave it to the lens to record it truthfully. Look at the reporters and at the amateur photographer! They both have only one goal; to record a memory or a document. And that is pure photography.

Photography, Memories, Careers, Refuse, Pure

I am not a surrealist. I am only a realist. All this group - surrealists - use my name. No, no, I am realist.

Names, Groups, Use, Name, Realist, Surrealist

Two seconds are a thousand years.

Years, Two, Thousand, Seconds

The photographer's art is a continuous discovery which requires patience and time.

Art, Discovery, Photographer, Time, Requires