MODERN HUNGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY IV. - Lot 212

MODERN HUNGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY IV. Modern Magyar Fotográfia IV / Modern Hungarian Photography. Budapest, Vintage Galéria, 2005. In-4, paperback, illustrated cover. Catalog published on the occasion of the fourth exhibition in the Modern Hungarian Photography series, organized by the Vintage Galéria in Budapest, featuring a collection of original photographs from the first half of the 20th century. This publication highlights the richness of the Hungarian school, which produced several of the greatest photographers of the modern era. The book brings together works by numerous major photographers, including Imre Kinszki, György Angelo, József Balogh, Rudolf Kálmán, Pál Sugár, Ernő Vadas, Andor Kertész (Kerny), Hanga, Seidner, Csörgeő, Mártsa, Rónai, and Langer. The reproductions feature original prints from the 1920s to the 1940s, illustrating the many facets of Hungarian photography: urban views of Budapest, humanistic photography, architecture, scenes of everyday life, modernist compositions, and formal experiments. Published in a bilingual Hungarian-English edition, this catalog provides a valuable overview of a school of photography whose influence extends far beyond Hungary, as several of its representatives had a profound impact on 20th-century European and American photography. A fine copy.