EYEWITNESS: HUNGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY
2011-07-04Brassaï, Robert Capa, André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy and Martin Munkácsi each left Hungary to make their names in Germany, France and the USA, and are now known for the profound changes they brought about in photojournalism, as well as abstract, fashion and art photography.
Others, such as Károly Escher, Rudolf Balogh and Jószef Pécsi remained in Hungary producing high-quality and innovatory photography. A display of approximately two hundred photographs ranging in date from c.1914–c.1989 will explore stylistic developments in photography and chart key historical events. These striking images will reveal the achievements of Hungarian photographers who left such an enduring legacy to international photography.
Opposite – Wedding, Budapest, László Fejes, 1965
Exhibition runs through to October 2nd, 2011
Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BD