The exhibition, called ?Proportion and Value? was organised with the assistance of the Hungarian Photographers? Association to coincide with this year?s Photo Month, association chairman Zsolt Szamódy told a press conference before the opening.
About 250 photographs will be on display at the exhibition. The images, captured between 1912 and 1976, are arranged in chronological order, allowing visitors to follow each artist?s work as connected by events and places, said curator Károly Kincses.
The five photographers each carved out different niches in the profession. André Kertész became well-known for his unorthodox camera angles and photo essays, but later shot for glossy magazines. Brassai, born Gyula Halász, took his inspiration from the nightlife in Paris. Robert Capa?s photographs of the Spanish civil war, World War II and Vietnam have achieved iconic status. And László Moholy-Nagy was one of the most important figures of the Bauhaus movement.
The photographs, which come from the collection of the Hungarian Photography Museum, include many images never before displayed as well as some which have gained world renown.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
