| 1894 |
Born
in July 2, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1912 |
Baccalaureate
from Academy of Commerce, Budapest |
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Takes
job as office worker in Budapest Stock Exchange |
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Buys
first camera (box camera using 4.5x6 cm plates)
and begins shooting candid street scenes, genre
subjects |
1914
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-1918,
Serves in Hungarian Army, photographs war and
commune period of 1918 as amateur |
| 1916 |
Receives
prize for pictures by soldiers from "Borsszem
Janko" magazine |
1917
|
First
published photos in "Erdekes Ujsag"
magazine (March 25); first cover, June 26, 1925 |
| 1925 |
Moves
to Paris |
1925
|
-1928,
does freelance reportage for "Le Matin",
"L'Intransigeant", "London
Times", "Le Nazione Fiorenze",
"Kolnische Illustrierte",... |
| 1927 |
March
12, first single exhibition, "Sacre du
Printemps Gallery" |
| 1928 |
Buys
first Leica |
|
He is
selected for exhibition in First Independent Salon
of Photography |
|
Vu
begins publication, edited by Lucien Vogel;
Kertesz is major contributor |
1929
|
Photos
purchased for collections of "Staatliche
Museen Kunstbibliothek", Berlin; "Konig
Alber Museum", Zwickau |
| 1930 |
"Art
et Medicine" begins publication; Kertesz
major contributor, till 1936 |
1932
|
35
prints included in Exhibition of Modern European
Photography, Julien Levy Gallery, New York |
1933
|
Marries
Elizabeth Sali
His book "Enfant" IS PUBLISHED. |
| 1934 |
"Paris
Vu Par Andre Kertesz" is published |
1936
|
"Nos
Amies les Betes" is published
Arrives in New York in October, under contract to
"Keystone Studios" |
| 1937 |
Terminates
contract with "Keystone Studios" |
| 1937 |
-1949,
freelances for "Harper's Bazaar",
"Vogue", "Town and
Country",... |
| 1944 |
Becomes
American Citizen |
| 1945 |
"Day
of Paris" is published |
| 1946 |
Single
exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1949 |
Signs
exclusive contract with "Conde Nast
Publications" |
| 1962 |
Terminates
exclusive contract with "Conde Nast
Publications" |
|
Single
exhibition, Long Island University |
| 1963 |
Single
exhibition, Modernage Studio, New York |
|
Single
exhibition, 4th Mostra Biennale Internazionale
della Fotografia, Venice; awarded Gold Medal |
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Single
exhibition, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris |
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Paris,
1926 |
Sunday,
Paris, 1930 |
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Dourdan,
Ile de France, 1932 |
Blind Musician, bony, Hungary, 1921 |
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