Modern photographers

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Size: Magazine (cca. 17 x 24 cm). Modern photographers is a publication that was released when the International Exhibition of Modern Photography Daguerre centennial Modern Hungarian Photographers exhibition was held in 1937 It contains reproductions of some of the exhibited photographs The event was organized by a short lived group of photographers which was called the Modern Hungarian photographers group or Association of modern Hungarian photographers This was among the most important photography exhibitions in Hungary during the 20th century The group was formed after some members decided to leave the Hungarian Amateur Photographers National Association in 1937 These photographers were committed to new photography which was close to the principles of Neue Sachlichkeit or New Objectivity and the Bauhaus The Hungarian photography journal Foto let described their aims Modern Hungarian Photographers Group is not an association in the classical sense only a loose framework that wishes to educate the members and help the exchange of views and ideas with the exclusion of all formality We don t swear by any trend because we are convinced that each photographer has to find their own style through their personal approach and perception to avoind using ready made templates through promoting independent judgment and stand alone vision The word modern does not mean that a photographer wants to swim with prevailing fashionable currents but that he or she wants to be contemporary and wants to see and know this world we live in The group s most important achievement was the exhibition in 1937 The group was led by Imre Kinszki and included some of the most important Hungarian artists and theorists of this medium besides him J zsef P csi K roly Rosner Ern Vadas Dr Ferenc Gyulai Ferenc Ha r Francis Haar This was the first occasion that a work by Andr Kert sz was exhibited in Hungary a piece from the famous series Distortions Earlier most of these artists achieved important results in modernist photography The group was able to represent the modern endeavors of Imre Kinszki L szlo Moholy Nagy M rton Munk csi Martin Munkacsi J zsef P csi Gyula Hal sz Brassa and D nes R nai among others Very good, very fragile acidified paper, tears and some paper loss at the borders. N° de ref. del artículo 5521

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