With his very personal images, Hungarian photographer André Kertész (1894–1985) skillfully succeeded in capturing the fleeting, emotional moments in his environment.

His works had a pronounced influence on artistic photography in the mid-twentieth century and on artists such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and Brassaï. Three important periods mark his oeuvre: Budapest, 1914–25; Paris, 1925–36; and New York, 1936–85.

While this first retrospective deals with all phases of Kertész’s career, it sheds particular light on his work for magazines, his Distortions – photographs of nude models taken with mirrors from unusual perspectives – and the Polaroids, a series shot from the window of his home that features fascinating images of personal objects against the skyline of New York.