American, born Hungary : Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy /

"[A] ... look at the ... role of Hungarian immigrants in shaping American photographic culture and practice in the twentieth century. This ... illustrated book explores the cultural conditions for photography in Hungary in the first half of the twentieth century and the exodus of ... Hungarian...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nyerges, Alexander Lee (Author)
Other Authors:	Gurbo, Robert (Contributor), Kincses, Károly (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Richmond, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, [2024]
Subjects:	Hungarian American photographers > Exhibitions. Photography > Hungary > History > 20th century > Exhibitions. Photography > America > History > 20th century > Exhibitions. Photojournalism > Hungary > History > 20th century > Exhibitions. Photojournalism > America > History > 20th century > Exhibitions. Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions. Photographie de presse > Hongrie > Histoire > 20e siècle > Expositions. Photographie de presse > Amérique > Histoire > 20e siècle > Expositions. Photographie artistique > Expositions. Photography. Hungary. History. America. Photojournalism. 20th century exhibition catalogs. photobooks. Exhibition catalogs. Photobooks. Essays. Catalogues d'exposition. Livres de photographies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Robert Gurbo
American, born Hungary / Alex Nyerges
Plates
Hungarians in Hungary
Hungarians and the Bauhaus
Hungarians in Paris
Photojournalism and war photography
Hungarians in New York
Hungarians in Chicago
Hungarians in Hollywood
Hungarians and fashion photography
Hungarian emigrant photographers in America, 1849 to the present : the who, when, and why / Károly Kincses.