Andre Kertesz

United Kingdom, 1983

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Episode number 5 of Series “Master Photographers Series”.
Hungarian born Kertesz is considered the poet amongst photographers. In this film Kertesz talks explicitly about the influences on his work, his early life in Hungary, Paris in the 20’s, his colleagues and his friends, Chagall, Mondrian and Colette, and his bitter and long battle for acceptance in the United States.

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Credits

director

Peter Adam

production company

BBC

Duration

00:35:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Master Photographers Series

Group of items

Master Photographers Series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300256

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Kertesz, Andre

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography

People → Kertesz, Andre

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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