WANAVERBECQ (Annie-Laure). Hungarian Photographs 1919–1939. - Lot 297

WANAVERBECQ (Annie-Laure). Hungarian Photographs 1919–1939. New Perspectives / Az Uj Tekintet. Paris, Somogy Éditions d'Art / Maison Robert Doisneau, n.d. (circa 2007). Large quarto, illustrated paperback. Exhibition catalog dedicated to the extraordinary revival of Hungarian photography between the two world wars. Through a rich selection of prints and reproductions, the book highlights the leading figures who profoundly shaped the history of modern photography, including André Kertész, Brassaï, Martin Munkácsi, László Moholy-Nagy, and Kata Kálmán. This generation of artists, trained within the intellectual and political context of postwar Hungary, played an essential role in the emergence of the European photographic avant-garde. Richly illustrated in black and white, the book traces the evolution of photographic perspectives, ranging from social documentary to formal experimentation and visual modernism.