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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

    On Reading

    • André Kertész (1894-1985)

    A photographic meditation on the power of reading to connect individuals with words and with each other, inviting contemplation on a universal human activity.

    Newtown, Conn., Oct. 17, 1959

    On Reading

    • André Kertész (1894-1985)

    A photographic meditation on the power of reading to connect individuals with words and with each other, inviting contemplation on a universal human activity.

    Newtown, Conn., Oct. 17, 1959
    André Jammes, Paris, Nov. 4, 1963. Image courtesy of Centre Pompidou, Paris.
    Esztergom, Hungary, 1915. Image courtesy of Centre Pompidou, Paris.
    Venice, Sept. 21, 1963
    Latin Quarter, Paris, 1926
    Le Havre, France, Sept. 1948
    New York City, Sept. 23, 1962
    New York City, April 19, 1938
    New Orleans, La., Oct. 23, 1966
    Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1930
    New York City, Oct. 12, 1944
    Trappist Cloister, Soligny sur Orne, France, Oct. 14, 1928. Image courtesy of Centre Pompidou, Paris.
    Carnival, Paris, 1926
    New York City, Sept. 12, 1943. Image courtesy of Centre Pompidou, Paris.
    Hospice de Beaune, France, 1929

    Books

    On Reading

    (W. W. Norton & Company, 2008)

    André Kertész: A Lifetime of Perception

    (Abrams, 1982)

    Andre Kertesz: Sixty Years of Photography

    (Penguin Books, 1978)

    André Kertész

    (Hazan, 2010)

    More by André Kertész

    The Seine from Lady Mendl’s apartment, 1929
    Paris Seen by André Kertész
    • André Kertész (1894-1985)

    An immigrant’s contemplative gaze on Parisian streets, capturing isolation and connection amidst a dynamic urban landscape.

    Distortion #60
    Distortion
    • André Kertész (1894-1985)

    Fragmented and reshaped human forms through distorting mirrors and unconventional perspectives.

    Related Projects

    Trastevere, Rome, 1959. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.
    The Europeans
    • Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

    European identity captured through black-and-white photographs spanning five decades, emphasizing shared humanity and cultural diversity.

    Behind the Saint-Lazare station, Paris, 1932. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.
    The Decisive Moment
    • Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

    Ephemeral human moments portrayed through a fusion of spontaneity and precise composition.

    Sweet Life
    • Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990)

    Emotionally raw photographic journey that captures a world in flux, blending joy and struggle through high-contrast, dynamic images taken during a 14-month global voyage.

    The Melted Car, 1944.
    The Suburbs of Paris
    • Robert Doisneau (1912-1994)

    Parisian suburbs during the transformative post-war period, capturing the interplay of evolving urban landscapes and the lives of working-class communities.

    Image courtesy of MOCA.
    A Way of Seeing
    • Helen Levitt (1913-2009)

    Spontaneous moments of childhood play intertwined with the daily rhythms of working-class street life in 1930s and 1940s New York City.

    A small debate in the Chamber of Deputies.
    Famous Contemporaries in Unguarded Moments
    • Erich Salomon (1886-1944)

    Unposed moments of political and social elites captured during informal settings, revealing the human dimension of authority figures.