Who? André Kertész has been described as the "unknown solider of photography" – a lack of recognition that he himself often bemoaned – yet today he is thought of as the father of photojournalism. Born in Hungary in 1894, he began taking photographs at the age of 18, highly aesthetic, beautifully composed images of Hungarian peasants and the native landscape, developing his negatives in a large wardrobe in the attic of his grandfather’s farmhouse. After suffering injury on…
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