André Kertész: The Polaroids

After the death of his wife, André Kertész consoled himself by taking up a new camera, the Polaroid SX70. As with earlier equipment, he mastered the camera and produced a provocative body of work that both honored his wife and lifted him out of depression.

Here Kertész dips into his reserves one last time, tapping new people, ideas, and tools to generate a whole new body of work through which he transforms from a broken man into a youthful artist. Taken in his apartment just north of New York City’s Washington Square, many of these photographs were shot either from his window or in the windowsill. We see a fertile mind at work, combining personal objects into striking still lifes set against cityscape backgrounds, reflected and transformed in glass surfaces. Almost entirely unpublished work, these photographs are a testament to the genius of the photographer’s eye as manifested in the simple Polaroid. Duotone photographs throughout

Details

Keywords

Photography

Personalities

Kertész André

Type

Book

Place of publication

New York City

Year

2007

Number of pages

128 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780393065640

Open stacks or available on request

Available on request

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

770.9 Ker

Volumes

1

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