PHOTOGRAPHER

André Kertész

1894 - 1985

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André Kertész (French: [kɛʁtɛs]; 2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), born Andor Kertész, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition. Kertész never felt that he had gained the worldwide recognition he deserved. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Kertész has received more than 446,857 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). André Kertész is the 16th most popular photographer (up from 20th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 134th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Photographer.

André Kertész was a Hungarian photographer who was most famous for his black and white photographs of the streets of Paris and New York City.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, André Kertész ranks 16 out of 148. Before him are Vivian Maier, Elliott Erwitt, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gunter Sachs, Felice Beato, and Wilhelm von Gloeden. After him are Nobuyoshi Araki, Brassaï, Annie Leibovitz, Diane Arbus, Alfred Stieglitz, and Josef Koudelka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, André Kertész ranks 50. Before him are Norman Rockwell, Aino Aalto, Dimitri Tiomkin, Lothar von Richthofen, V. V. Giri, and Walter Brennan. After him are Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Bessie Smith, Ernst Lindemann, Percy Spencer, Leo Kanner, and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson. Among people deceased in 1985, André Kertész ranks 37. Before him are Kyu Sakamoto, Henry Hathaway, Ian Stewart, Rodney Robert Porter, Abe Lenstra, and Donald O. Hebb. After him are The Singing Nun, Tancredo Neves, Tage Erlander, Lina Heydrich, Louise Brooks, and Ernst Öpik.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, André Kertész ranks 133 out of 1,077. Before him are Ladislaus Hunyadi (1431), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831), Loránd Eötvös (1848), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Miklós Rózsa (1907), and Max Nordau (1849). After him are Peter Delyan (1009), Imi Lichtenfeld (1910), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), Georg Solti (1912), Mária Telkes (1900), and Katalin Novák (1977).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Hungary

Among photographers born in Hungary, André Kertész ranks 1. After him are Brassaï (1899), and Cornell Capa (1918).

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