Publisher/Norton

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"The Polaroids" is a collection of photographs by André Kertés (1894-1985), a leading photographer of the 20th century. Born in Hungary in 1894, Kertez has been active in Paris and New York since before the war. One of the most important figures in the history of photography in the 20th century. Kertez is the author of the timeless masterpiece "On Reading", which contains people reading in the city, and the treasure "Day of Paris", published by Alexey Brodovitch in 1945. Kertez's work that frequently appears in Comme des Garcons magazines in the 70's and 80's. Kertez's achievements are immeasurable, such as his keen sensibility to read the times and draw the air of the city, his well-calculated composition, and his technique represented by "distortions". This book is a collection of works composed of Polaroid works taken around 80 years in the latter years of his career. Like Evans, Kertez's Polaroid is also highly evaluated, but from unique works that make full use of objects, portraits of Hiroshi Hamaya and Sylvia Prahee are also recorded.